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Perception of desertification

R. L. Heathcote

United Nations University, 1980 – 134 pages

Volume 10 of NRTS (UNUP)

ISBN9280801902, 9789280801903

Most studies of desertification, acknowledge the role of human activity in affecting & often initiating the process. That human activity is in response to a variety of decisions on & systems of resource management.

This publication provides studies of resource management in four areas where desertification is said to be occurring & documents the role of perception of desertification in the decision-making on resource management.

The studies are on the dry zone of Sri Lanka, the Southern Great Plains of North America, the Murray Mallee of Southern Australia & the irrigation of the Murray Valley in South Australia.

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Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.

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