Land degradation in Mediterranean environments of the world : nature and extent, causes and solutions
- Title
- Land degradation in Mediterranean environments of the world : nature and extent, causes and solutions / compiled and edited by Arthur J. Conacher and Maria Sala.
- Published by
- Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1998.
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- Description
- xxviii, 491 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- This volume provides an assessment of the land degradation in the Mediterranean regions. It examines the nature of the world's Mediterranean-type climatic environment and explores the problem of land degradation.
- Subject
- Environmental degradation
- Land degradation
- Ecology
- Degradation
- Etesienklima
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Degradação ambiental > Mediterrâneo
- Degradação do solo > Mediterrâneo
- ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
- DEGRADATION
- LAND
- ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
- Sols > Dégradation > Méditerranée (région)
- Écologie des régions de climat méditerranéen
- Sols > Érosion > Régions de climat méditerranéen
- Sols > Dégradation > Régions de climat méditerranéen
- Sols > Conservation > Régions de climat méditerranéen
- Pollution > Régions de climat méditerranéen
- Terres > Détérioration > Régions de climat méditerranéen
- Mediterranean Region > Environmental conditions
- Mediterranean Region
- MEDITERRANEAN SEA
- Méditerranée (région) > Aspect de l'environnement
- Contents
- Introduction / Arthur Conacher and Jeanette Conacher -- pt. 1. The Nature of the World's Mediterranean-Type Environments. 1. Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands / Maria Sala and Celeste Coelho. 2. The South of France and Corsica / Jean-Louis Ballais. 3. Italy / Marino Sorriso-Valvo. 4. The Croatian Adriatic Coast / Jela Bilandzija, Matija Frankovic and Drazen Kaucic. 5. Greece / C.S. Kosmas, N.G. Danalatos and A. Mizara. 6. The Eastern Mediterranean / Moshe Inbar. 7. North Africa / Abdellah Laouina. 8. Greater California / Antony Orme and Amalie Jo Orme. 9. Chile / Consuelo Castro and Mauricio Calderon. 10. The Southwestern Cape of South Africa / Michael E. Meadows.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-482) and index.