DESERTIFICATION IN EUROPE
Written by R. Fantechi, N.S. Margaris
Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company
in 1986
ISBN: 9027722307
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DESERTIFICATION IN EUROPE
Written by R. Fantechi, N.S. Margaris.
Stock no. 2111728
1986.
Hardback.
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. ISBN: 9027722307. 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.
Front cover
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