The assessment of global trends in land degradation

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783540724377, 2007, Pages 1-38

  Safriel, Uriel N ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

COMBATING DESERTIFICATION; DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS;

MAPPING;

EID: 85028847224     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72438-4_1     Document Type: Article

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