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This book examines the geomorphological processes that operate in arid zone environments. The monograph is the proceedings volume of the Eighth Annual Geomorphology Symposium held at the State University of New York at Binghamptom, September 23-24, 1977. The symposium topic ," Geomorphology in arid regions" uses the term" arid" loosely to include studies from areas which might be otherwise…

The book is based on the International Symposium 16-27 February 1976, Alexandria, Egypt . The purpose was to bring all main scientific disciplines to bear on irrigation in arid lands, especially on the environmental problems and with an emphasis on developing countries. Arid Land Irrigation in Developing Countries: Environmental Problems and Effects covers the proceedings of the International…

The explanatory note gives the criteria used for the different desertification classes distinguished on the accompanying maps. The climate-aridity index maps was composed from calculations of net radiation from about 3,600 stations, using the Budyko ratio as criteria. An experimental world scheme of aridity and drought probability was compiled by Kovda and explained in a table giving 14 classes…

Monograph on the MAB programme concerned with the development of semi-arid and arid zones - assesses the obstacles to development in the fields of animal husbandry, agricultural development, urban development, industrial development and tourism, provides proposals for these zones, mentioning irrigation, dry farming techniques and systematic use of trees, also refers to the transfer of technology…

The explanatory note gives definitions and explains degrees of desertification hazard. Criteria are given for the different bioclimates, distinguished on the accompanying maps. Four classes of vulnerability to desertification are considered: areas of sand movement, areas subject to stripping by deflation and/or sheetwash, areas subject to accelerated gully erosion, and areas subject to…

The Birth of International Land Governance. The 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment convened in Stockholm, Sweden, in the midst of severe drought in the Sahelian region of Africa. Between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, approximately 100,000 people died due to food shortages and disease. The drought led to fears the Sahel was turning into a permanent desert due to mismanagement of…