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Natural Disasters: Causes and Effects: Lesson 8—Desertification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Eddie Perez  and
Paul Thompson
Eddie Perez
Affiliation:
WASH, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Paul Thompson
Affiliation:
Interworks, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Keywords

agricultureanimalsariditybiomassclimatedesertificationdesertsMisasterdrylandsenvironmenterosionfarminggovernmentgrazinghydrological cycleland managementland usemitigationproductivity of landrainrestorationSaharasalinizationslow-onset disastersoil-water energy balancetechnologyvegetation
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Continuing Education
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 147 - 159
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1996

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References

1. United Nations Conference on Desertification, Secretariat: Desertification: Its Causes and Consequences, Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1977.Google Scholar
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