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Causes and Impacts of Desertification in the World
The causes and repercussions of desertification worldwide vary in type, origin, degree, and scope. As for the origin, desertification can depend on...
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Desertification
Desertification is a growing global concern as climate change and poor land management practices turn once fertile lands to desert. The concern is...
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Salinity-induced desertification in oasis ecosystems: challenges and future directions
Salinity-induced desertification is a pressing environmental issue that poses a significant threat to the sustainability of oasis ecosystems...
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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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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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The environmental, economic, and social development impact of desertification in Iraq: a review on desertification control measures and mitigation strategies
The threat of desertification is considered a global concern that occurs in many environments in different parts of the world, where extensive lands...
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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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Climate change and geo-environmental factors influencing desertification: a critical review
The problem of desertification (DSF) is one of the most severe environmental disasters which influence the overall condition of the environment. In...
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Desertification vulnerability assessment through geospatial techniques in Bahawalpur division of Punjab, Pakistan
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the desertification vulnerability and the future trends of desertification expansion in the Bahawalpur...
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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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An over review of desertification in **njiang, Northwest China
Desertification research in arid and semi-arid regions has always been actively pursued. In China, the problem of desertification in **njiang has...
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Assessment of desertification hazard using RS and GIS to compare the efficiency of FAO-UNEP and MEDALUS models
This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of FAO-UNEP and MEDALUS models in evaluating desertification risk in the south of Nishabur, located in...
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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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GIS-Based AHP Technique for Assessment of Desertification in Western Highlands of Algeria
Desertification is one of the most serious environmental problems at global, regional, and local levels. Several factors influence the level of land...
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Evaluation of Environmental Damage Associated with Desertification of Arid Territories on the South of European Russia
AbstractDesertification still remains an unsolved environmental problem that affects 1.5 billion people and 25% of the arid lands in the world and...
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Desertification: Concepts, Myths, and Reality
Difficulties remain to consider a consensual definition of desertification until today, even with the world climate crisis and increase in droughts....
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Deserts, Desertification and Environmental Degradation in the World
Literature and epistemological reviews of the construction of the desertification concept demonstrate that the concept was forged to portray the...
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The Role of Protective Afforestation in Drought and Desertification Control in Agro-Landscapes
AbstractThis paper reviews the historical use of agro-ameliorative and protective afforestation to combat drought and desertification in agricultural...
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Persistence and success of the Sahel desertification narrative
The paradigm of Sahelian desertification, whose roots lie in the colonial period, increased in popularity following the droughts of the 1970s and...