Land degradation is not a new phenomenon. For at least 100,000 years a principal activity of human culture has been to adjust and to modify the landscape in order to provide food, shelter and warmth. Degradation probably began in earnest with the human control of fire, but the advances in technology and the relentless increase in human population of the last century have magnified both the degree of the problem and the area of the Earth that it affects. This book examines the history and current state of land degradation through an analysis of the linkages between natural and human systems and does so in a wide range of environmental, economic and historical settings.
The authors characterize land degradation as either unintentional and unforecast or intentional and creative, where zones have been deliberately sacrificed in order to achieve greater total productivity in the meeting of social needs. This distinction provides an important basis for analysing the economic and cultural causes of degradation. To this the authors add the further dimension of degradation that takes place through processes that are themselves either wholly or partly natural. The failure to recognise the complex causes of land degradation is, they argue, one of the main reasons why it has been so difficult to control.
The book is written in a clear, non-technical and accessible style, and detailed case studies are presented from both the developed and the developing world. This is a book which will be of central interest to students of environmental science and environmental management.
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Descrizione libro 1995. Ecology, conservation. Blackwell. Very good paperback 335p. Codice articolo 18160
Descrizione libro Condizione: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9780631192442. Codice articolo 9806437
Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: VERY GOOD. 1995. Blackwell. Hard Cover - Library binding. Book- VG. 9.5x7. 335pp. Many b/w photos and illus. Ex-libris - Marlborough College. Codice articolo 1030405
Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. 1995. Blackwell. First. Hard Cover. Book- VG, library binding. 10x6.5. 335pp. Many b/w plates and illus. Ex-libris - Marlborough College. Codice articolo 1637466
Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. soft cover in very good to near fine condition,name on first blank page. Codice articolo 140639
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good +. A tight, uncreased, unworn cardback; only blemish is possible sunning to spine. Codice articolo 110413