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Causes and effects of sand and dust storms : what has past research taught us? : a survey
Opp, Christian; Groll, Michael; Abbasi, Hamidreza; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 7, pp. 1-25
Barren ground and sites with low coverage by vegetation (e.g., dunes, soil surfaces, dry lakes, and riverbeds) are the main source areas of sand and dust storms (SDS). The understanding of causes, processes (abrasion, deflation, transport, deposition), and influencing factors of sandy and dusty...
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Shelter-belts : the solution for protecting crops and increasing productions in the lands affcted by the desertification phenomenon in Oltenia
Marin, Ancuţa - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 307-314). 2015
Because of the climate changes and the massive clearings, some of the most critical problems that Romania and especially the S-W part of Oltenia are confrunted with are: the desertification and the earth flows. The purpose of the shelter - belts in preventing the effects of the wind and in...
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Tastes for desert and placation : a reference point-dependent model of social preferences
Chen, Daniel L. - 2016
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Mediterranean landscape, desertification and the population-economy nexus : permanent assessment and implications for mitigation policies
Salvati, Luca - In: International journal of social sciences : IJoSS 7 (2018) 1, pp. 112-124
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The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought : toward an integrated global assessment
Nkonya, Ephraim; Gerber, Nicolas; Baumgartner, Philipp; … - 2011
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Sustainability of subsistence livelihoods of agro-pastoralists in changing socioeconomic environment of Cholistan desert-Pakistan
Malik, Sher Muhammad; Fazlur-Rahman; Ali, Amjad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 11 (2017) 3, pp. 1100-1133
environmental hazards. The Cholistan desert is divided into Greater and Lesser Cholistan. Based on 2016 population estimation …, policy and hazards brought transformations in the livelihoods patterns in the Cholistan desert. The sustainability of … subsistence livelihoods of agro-pastoralists in Cholistan desert was analyzed through strength, weaknesses, opportunities and …
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World atlas of desertification : rethinking land degradation and sustainable land management
Cherlet, Michael; Hutchinson, Charles F.; Reynolds, James; … - Europäische Kommission / Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle - 2018 - Third edition
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Biophysical and socio-economic baselines : the starting point for action against desertification
FAO - 2018
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Indicateurs d’impact des projets de gestion durable des terres, de lutte contre la dégradation des terres et la désertification
Amsallem, Isabelle; Bied-Charreton, Marc - 2014
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