Global Environmental Changes, Desertification and Sustainability

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Flávio Rodrigues do Nascimento, Flavio Rodrigues do Nascimento, Flávio Rodrigues Do Nascimento

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The book considers desertification as a cause-effect of environmental degradation that causes global environmental changes and the current climate crisis.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-11-09
Mått155 x 235 x 6 mm
Vikt154 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies
Antal sidor84
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031329494

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Flavio Rodrigues do Nascimento holds Doctor of Geography and is Professor of Graduate Programs in Geography of Federal University of Ceará and Federal University Fluminense. He is Coordinator of National Program for Academic Cooperation in the Amazon. He is also Researcher and Ad hoc Consultant in projects with National Institute of Space Research/Brazil and Ministries of Science and Technology and the Environment and Researcher at the Water Centre for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC), the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (IHP-LAC), and the G-WADI-LAC Network (Global Network for Water and Information Development in The Drylands, regional segment in Latin America and the Caribbean). He is Coordinator of the Network Research Groups of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development: Center for Studies and Planning in Water Resources and Water Network.

Chapter 1 - Society x Nature – Anthropocene and limits of balance on Earth.- Chapter 2 - Global Environmental Change, Climate Crisis, and Desertification.- Chapter 3 - Desertification: concepts, myths, and reality.- Chapter 4 - Causes and impacts of Desertification in the world.-Chapter 5 - Deserts, desertification, and environmental degradation in the world.- Chapter 6 - Water management in drylands: susceptibility and risk of desertification.- Chapter 7 - Agenda in addressing global environmental changes and desertification.