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DESERTIFICATION IN EUROPE

by R. Fantechi; N.S. Margaris

Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company. 1986

Very good condition. Proceedings of the Information Symposium in the EEC Programme on Climatology, held in Mytilene, Greece, 15-18 April 1984. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and tables.

Boards clean. Tape marks to endpapers (minor). Small set of initials to top corner of front endpaper. and some pencil erasure marks. Contents otherwise clean.

ISBN: 9027722307
Stock no. 2111728

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Contents

  • A. DESERTIFICATION: FACTORS AND PROCESSES:
  • Desertification in Europe? A critical comment with examples from Mediterranean Europe
  • The Scale factor in relation to the processes involved in "Desertification" in Europe
  • Desertification in a changing climate with a particular attention to the Mediterranean countries
  • The effects of model-generated climatic changes due to a CO2 doubling on desertification processes in the Mediterranean area
  • Landscape changes in Greece as a result of changing climate during the quaternary
  • Comparison of climatic evolution during post-glacial times in Greece, tropical and subtropical regions, in relation to desertification
  • Climatic Implications of glacier fluctuations
  • B. FACING DESERTIFICATION: CRITERIA, METHODS AND PROGRAMMES
  • Productivity, variability and sustainability as criteria of desertification
  • A new integrative methodology for desertification studies based on magnetic and short-lived radioisotope measurements
  • An eco-geomorphological approach to the soil degradation and erosion problem
  • Hazard mapping as a tool for landslide prevention in Mediterranean areas
  • The "Lucdeme" program in the Southeast of Spain to combat desertification in the Mediterranean region
  • Soil conservation problems in Italy after the Council of Research finalized project
  • C. SOME CASE STUDIES:
  • Desertification in Northwestern Greece; the case of Kella
  • The mining factor in the desertification process
  • Desertification due to air pollution in Attica
  • Minimization of photosynthesis due to air pollution
  • The Central Huerva Valley (Zaragoza, Spain): A part of Sahara in Europe
  • Soil erosion and land degradation in Southern Italy
  • Aspects of desertification in Sardinia - Italy
  • Desertification through acidification : the case of Waldsterben
  • Soil degradation in a North European Region

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