Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands : Understanding Self-Organised Ecogeomorphic Systems

Mueller, E. N. (EDT)/ Wainwright, J. (EDT)/ Parsons, A. J. (EDT)

Springer（2013/02発売）

Springer（2013/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 270 p.／サイズ 92 illus., 12 in color
• 商品コード 9789400757264

Full Description

This book explores the theory of ecogeomorphic pattern-process linkages, using case studies from Europe, Africa, Australia and North America. Sets forth a research agenda for the emerging field of ecogeomorphology in drylands land-degradation studies.

Contents

Preface1. Land Degradation in Drylands: An Ecogeomorphological Approach2. The Study of Land Degradation in Drylands: State of the Art3. Resilience, Self-organization, Complexity and Pattern Formation4. Short-range Ecogeomorphic Processes in Dryland Systems5. Long-range Ecogeomorphic Processes6. Integrating Short- and Long-range Processes into Models: the Emergence of Pattern7. Approaches to Modelling Ecogeomorphic Systems8. Characterizing Patterns9. Assessment of Patterns in Ecogeomorphic Systems10. Uncertainty assessment11. Vegetation Change in the Southwestern USA: Patterns and Processes12. Vegetation Mosaics of Arid Western New South Wales, Australia: Considerations of Their Origin and Persistence13. Case Study of Self-organized Vegetation Patterning in Dryland Regions of Central Africa14. Abandonment of Agricultural Land, Agricultural Policy and Land Degradation in Mediterranean Europe15. Land Degradation in Drylands: Re valuating Pattern-process Interrelationships and the Role of EcogeomorphologyIndex