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Author NATO Mediterranean Dialogue Workshop on Desertification in the Mediterranean Region (2003 : Valencia, Spain)

Title Desertification in the Mediterranean region : a security issue / edited by William G. Kepner [and others]
Published Dordrecht : Springer, in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 614 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series NATO security through science series. Series C, Environmental security ; v. 3
NATO security through science series. Series C, Environmental security ; v. 3.
Contents Note continued: Urban growth dynamics (1956-1998) in Mediterranean coastal regions : the case of Alicante, Spain / J.A. Pascual Aguilar / Carlos Ano / Antonio Valera / Juan Sanchez -- Land use change detection as a basis for analyzing desertification processes; a case study in Tabernas (Almeria, Spain) / Taye Alemayehu / Luis Recatala / Andrea G. Fabbri / Juan Sanchez -- Climate change land degradation and desertification in the Mediterranean environment / D. de Wrachien / R. Ragab / A. Giordano -- environment and security initiative : transforming risks into opportunities for co-operation / Annica Carlsson -- Fostering networking and exchange of information in the Mediterranean region : the MEDCOASTLAND thematic network / Pandi Zdruli / Pasquale Steduto / Claudio Bogliotti -- Desertification in the arid and semiarid Mediterranean regions : a food security issue / Francisco Lopez-Bermudez / Jorge Garcia-Gomez -- Monitoring tools to assess vegetation successional regression and predict catastrophic shifts and desertification in Mediterranean rangeland ecosystems / C.L. Alados / A. ElAich / V.P. Papanastasis / H. Ozbek / H. Freitas -- Using a GIS for sustainable use and management of an irrigation area in the Spanish -- Portuguese border threatened by desertification / J.M. Nunes / A. Munoz / J.P. Coelho / S. Dias / A. Garcia / A. Lopez-Pineiro -- Restoration of burned areas in forest management plans / J.A. Alloza / R. Vallejo -- Impact of forest fires on hydrological properties of a typical Mediterranean forest soil / O. Gonzalez / V. Andreu / E. Gimeno-Garcia / J.L. Rubio -- Management of forest soils considering water erosion as a control factor / M.A. Coutinho / C.R. Antunes -- Environmentally sensitive areas and indicators of desertification / C. Kosmas / M. Tsara / N. Moustakas / D. Kosma / N. Yassoglou
Note continued: Desertification in Northern Morocco dues to effects of climate change on groundwater recharge / Simone J.E. Van Dijck / Abdellah Laouina / Anabela V. Carvalho / Sander Loos / Aafke M. Schipper / Hans Van der Kwast / Rachida Nafaa / Mostafa Antari / Alfredo Rocha / Carlos Borrego / Coen J. Ritsema -- Hydrological approach for assessing desertification processes in the Mediterranean region / Ildefonso Pla Sentis
Summary Focuses on two basic concepts: security and desertification in the Mediterranean Region and their linkages. This book provides a multi-lateral forum for cooperation, information exchange, and dialogue among the environmental, development, foreign and security policy communities within the Mediterranean Region
Analysis Security
Notes Proceedings of the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue Workshop on Desertification in the Mediterranean Region, held Dec. 2-5, 2003 in Valencia, Spain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes In English with one contribution in French
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Subject Desertification -- Mediterranean Region -- Congresses
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Desertification -- Mediterranean Region.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Desertification
Mediterranean Region
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Kepner, William G
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Public Diplomacy Division.
ISBN 9781402037603
1402037600
1402037589
9781402037580
1402037597
9781402037597
6610427429
9786610427420