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Diverse Climatic and Anthropogenic Impacts on Desertification in the Middle Reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River Catchment on the Tibetan Plateau
The unique desertification processes occurring under the Alpine climate and ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau could provide critical clues to the...
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Land Degradation and Desertification
Land degradation and desertification are significant environmental challenges that affect many parts of the world, particularly in arid and semi-arid...
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Aeolian Desertification Disaster with Visual Impact in Semi-arid Regions of Andhra Pradesh, South India
This book summarizes contemporary research on land degradation, desertification, and how such issues relate to socioeconomic growth in develo**...
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Hydrologic response in a typical karst desertification catchment
Karst desertification areas exhibit high spatial heterogeneity, extensive rock exposure and systems with a complex hydrological structure....
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Multi-criteria Evaluation for Desertification Assessment and Map**: a Case Study from Jordan’s Marginal Land
AbstractDesertification assessment is vital to develop actions plans aimed to prevent desertification issues. Utilizing Geographic Information...
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Early warning systems for desertification hazard: a review of integrated system models and risk management
Early warning systems (EWS) are broadly regarded as crucial components of disaster risk reduction strategies and action plans. Desertification, a...
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Impact of Desertification in Semi-arid Regions
Semi-arid regions’ agriculture is severely impacted by desertification, which causes a loss of flora, soil fertility, and water supplies. Soil...
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Desertification modeling in the Moroccan Middle Atlas using Sentinel-2A images and TCT indexes (case of the Ain Nokra Forest)
This paper focuses on the quantitative modeling of desertification in Morocco’s Middle Atlas regions, Ain Nokra Forest. In order to map the degree of...
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Spatio-temporal distribution and trends monitoring of land desertification based on time-series remote sensing data in northern China
Land desertification is a significant research area among current global ecological and environmental issues. Desertification not only affects the...
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Effects of rainfall and rocky desertification on soil erosion in karst area of Southwest China
Monitoring and evaluating the evolution of rocky desertification timely and studying the characteristics of soil erosion under different rainfall...
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Long-Term Temporal Analysis of Desertification
This study uses remote sensing techniques to map land use and cover in desertified areas as well as analyze visual hazard catastrophes caused by...
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Map** potential desertification-prone areas in North-Eastern Algeria using logistic regression model, GIS, and remote sensing techniques
Desertification is an environmental threat that affects many countries in the world, and it poses specially an ecological issue to Algeria. This...
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Study on coastal sediment budget imbalance in cells resulted from land cover change in the savanna desertification area, west Hainan Island (China)
Coastal zone construction has developed rapidly in recent years in the western region of Hainan Island (China). The study area is the only savanna...
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Ecosystem Services’ Assessment of the Desertification Areas of Mongolia
Generally, areas affected by natural desertification remain virtually untouched by economic activities. However, they can provide numerous ecosystem...
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Application of fuzzy-AHP method for desertification assessment in Sabzevar area of Iran
Desertification is a serious problem in most arid and semi-arid areas of the world, and especially in Iran. Combating desertification planning and...
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Digital map** and spatial variability of soil quality ındex for desertification in the Akarçay Basin under the semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem using neutrosophic fuzzy-AHP approach
Soil is a vital resource for the terrestrial ecosystem. Soil is a non-renewable natural resource on human time scales with its vulnerability to...
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Path analysis of the effect of climatic elements on wind speed and desertification progress in Central Iran
Negative changes in the activity of climatic factors lead to vulnerabilities in natural systems and challenging environmental changes. Wind as a...
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Impacts of environmental and human factors on desertification-induced land degradation in arid areas
Land degradation is often negatively exacerbated by anthropogenic processes. This phenomenon threatens food security and economic welfare. The...
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Satellite Monitoring of Desertification in the Transitional Natural-Geographical Zone of the Volgograd Transvolga Region
AbstractThe northern part of the Volgograd Transvolga region is located in the transition zone from the Small Syrt to the Caspian lowland. This zone...
