Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Practices in Drylands: How Do They Address Desertification Threats?

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 983-1004

  Schwilch, G ^a   Liniger, H P ^a   Hurni, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Desertification; Impact assessment; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAND USE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DESERTIFICATION; EXPERT ASSESSMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; WATER HARVESTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

SOIL; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLICY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84919877207     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0071-3     Document Type: Article

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