Risk management and decision making in relation to sustainable development

M Hurlbert, J Krishnaswamy, FX Johnson… - 2019 - diva-portal.org
Executive summary Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in
continued permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

[HTML][HTML] How will the progressive global increase of arid areas affect population and land-use in the 21st century?

J Spinoni, P Barbosa, M Cherlet, G Forzieri… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the possible consequences of projected global warming is the progressive
enlargement of drylands. This study investigates to what extent population and land-use …

Estimation of the costs of desertification in China: A critical review

L Cheng, Q Lu, B Wu, C Yin, Y Bao… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A preliminary conceptual framework is proposed for the estimation of the costs of
desertification. This framework consists of assessment of the extent and severity of …

Monitoring the long-term desertification process and assessing the relative roles of its drivers in Central Asia

L Jiang, G Jiapaer, A Bao, A Kurban, H Guo… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Desertification is one of the main ecological environmental problems in Central Asia. To
prevent and eradicate this problem, it is extremely urgent to monitor the long-term …

Farmers' perception of land degradation and traditional knowledge in Southern Ethiopia—Resilience and stability

E Assefa, B Hans‐Rudolf - Land Degradation & Development, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation is the major economic and environmental threat in Ethiopia. Since the
1960s, the various traditional land management systems have undergone unprecedented …

Monitoring land sensitivity to desertification in Central Asia: Convergence or divergence?

L Jiang, A Bao, G Jiapaer, H Guo, G Zheng… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In Central Asia, desertification risk is one of the main environmental and
socioeconomic issues; thus, monitoring land sensitivity to desertification is an extremely …

Soil-water deficit in deep soil layers results from the planted forest in a semi-arid sandy land: Implications for sustainable agroforestry water management

Z Huang, Y Liu, K Qiu, M López-Vicente, W Shen… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest planting is a common practice in semi-arid sandy land restoration, but problems may
appear associated with forest age like higher soil water consumption that threatens …

Land degradation and metropolitan expansion in a peri-urban environment

V Imbrenda, G Quaranta, R Salvia, G Egidi… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The couple rapid urbanization and policy failure in controlling urban expansion was
sometimes associated to soil and land degradation phenomena in both develo** and …

Land degradation and mitigation policies in the Mediterranean region: A brief commentary

R Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, D Smiraglia, G Quaranta… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land degradation is more evident where conditions of environmental vulnerability already
exist because of arid climate and unsustainable forms of land exploitation. Consequently …