Combating Desertification and Land Degradation: Spatial Strategies Using Vegetation

✍ Scribed by Janet Hooke, Peter Sandercock (auth.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 145
Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book reports an approach developed to research and apply methods of assessing patterns of processes in the landscape, and suitability of different types of vegetation to mitigate soil erosion and sediment flux. Practical guidelines on a spatially strategic approach to management of land degradation at a range of spatial scales were produced. Originally developed for the Mediterranean environment, it has much wider potential global application. It provides researchers with methods to acquire the knowledge necessary for such an approach and provides practitioners with guidance on implementation and benefits of targeted methods of soil erosion control. It includes substantial information about processes and vegetation in the Mediterranean environment and the species effectiveness in soil erosion control.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Mechanisms of Degradation and Identification of Connectivity and Erosion Hotspots....Pages 13-37
Conditions for Growth of Plants....Pages 39-78
Effectiveness of Plants and Vegetation in Erosion Control and Restoration....Pages 79-104
Synthesis and Application of Spatial Strategies for Use of Vegetation to Minimise Connectivity....Pages 105-124
Back Matter....Pages 125-135

✦ Subjects

Physical Geography;Climate Change Management and Policy;Hydrology/Water Resources;Soil Science & Conservation;Plant Ecology;Agriculture

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