The complex relationship between human development and the environment is explored in this book with a particular emphasis on the causes of land degradation processes.
The complex relationship between human development and the environment is explored in this book with a particular emphasis on the causes of land degradation processes.
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Land degradation: an overview 2. Why is land degradation occurring? 3. Land degradation through global pollution: the 'greenhouse effect' 4. Land degradation through global pollution: stratospheric ozone depletion, acid deposition and tropospheric ozone increase 5. Degradation of tropical rainforests, tropical/subtropical seasonally dry and tropical/subtropical upland forests, woodlands and scrublands 6. Degradation of seasonally dry tropical/subtropical and Mediterranean woodlands and scrublands, temperate and high-latitude forests 7. The degradation of wetlands, tundra, uplands and islands 8. Land degradation in drylands 9. Non-erosive soil degradation 10. Erosive soil degradation 11. Land degradation through warfare, mineral extraction, industrial and urban development and increased movement of organisms 12. Conclusion: conservation and preventative/remedial strategies References Index.
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Land degradation: an overview 2. Why is land degradation occurring? 3. Land degradation through global pollution: the 'greenhouse effect' 4. Land degradation through global pollution: stratospheric ozone depletion, acid deposition and tropospheric ozone increase 5. Degradation of tropical rainforests, tropical/subtropical seasonally dry and tropical/subtropical upland forests, woodlands and scrublands 6. Degradation of seasonally dry tropical/subtropical and Mediterranean woodlands and scrublands, temperate and high-latitude forests 7. The degradation of wetlands, tundra, uplands and islands 8. Land degradation in drylands 9. Non-erosive soil degradation 10. Erosive soil degradation 11. Land degradation through warfare, mineral extraction, industrial and urban development and increased movement of organisms 12. Conclusion: conservation and preventative/remedial strategies References Index.
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