{"product_id":"mediterranean-desertification-and-land-use-isbn-9780471942504","title":"Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use","description":"Desertification is land degradation due to climatic and anthropogenic causes where land includes soil, water and the biological productive capacity. This has become a major environmental, economic and political issue in Mediterranean countries. In order to address the problem in the European countries of the Mediterranean, the European Commission established a number of major research projects under its DGXII Environment and Climate Programme MEDALUS (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use). This book describes the results from the first phase of the project, dealing with local physical, socio-economic and political controls on desertification. In particular the book concentrates on the models developed, calibrated and validated, the field investigations into biological, hydrological and erosional processes at the seven main sites, and provides an introduction to the problems associated with global warming in the Mediterranean context. GIS and remote sensing are an integral part of the investigation and the results are described and discussed in detail. Partial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e The Historical Context: Before 1850 (A. Grove).\u003cbr\u003e Changes in Traditional Mediterranean Land-Use Systems (N. Margaris,et al.).\u003cbr\u003e The MADALUS Core Field Programme: An Overview of Sites andMethodology (L. Cammeraat).\u003cbr\u003e The Rio Santa Lucia Site: An Integrated Study of Desertification(A. Aru).\u003cbr\u003e The Petralona and Hortiatis Field Sites (Thessaloniki, Greece) (J.Diamantopoulos, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e The Effects of Rock Fragments on Desertification Processes inMediterranean Environments (J. Poesen K. Bunte).\u003cbr\u003e Mediterranean Ecology and an Ecological Synthesis of the FieldSites (S. Clark).\u003cbr\u003e The Response of Landscape Units to Desertification (A. Imerson, etal.).\u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Jane Brandt\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eMediterranean Desertification and Land Use\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn B. Thornes\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eMediterranean Desertification and Land Use\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e  Desertification is land degradation due to climatic and anthropogenic causes where ?land? includes soil, water and the biological productive capacity. This has become a major environmental, economic and political issue in Mediterranean countries. In order to address the problem in the European countries of the Mediterranean, the European Commission established a number of major research projects under its DGXII Environment and Climate Programme MEDALUS (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use). This book describes the results from the first phase of the project, dealing with local physical, socio-economic and political controls on desertification. In particular the book concentrates on the models developed, calibrated and validated, the field investigations into biological, hydrological and erosional processes at the seven main sites, and provides an introduction to the problems associated with global warming in the Mediterranean context. GIS and remote sensing are an integral part of the investigation and the results are described and discussed in detail.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989604581605,"sku":"NP9780471942504","price":532.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471942504.jpg?v=1761784776","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mediterranean-desertification-and-land-use-isbn-9780471942504","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}