| dc.contributor | Early Warning and Assessment Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-28T17:44:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-28T17:44:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0-340-55512-2 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/42137 | |
| dc.description | This atlas represents the current stage of our understanding of desertification, its extent and its possible solutions. One of the
clearest ways to depict a global problem is to show it in an atlas. If it is true that one picture tells a thousand words, it is
probably also true that one map of a global situation tells many more than a thousand words. The atlas is structured in three parts, dealing with global, continental and national/local situations. Different countries have taken different approaches in assessing the extent of desertification. Their surveys provide greater detail of the problem at a national or local scale, and give illuminating insights into both the scale of desertification, and its various forms. This difference of approach has demanded a thematic approach for the atlas. | en_US |
| dc.format | pdf | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Edward Arnold | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | DESERTIFICATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | DROUGHT | en_US |
| dc.subject | LAND DEGRADATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | en_US |
| dc.subject | SOIL DEGRADATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | WATER EROSION | en_US |
| dc.subject | WIND EROSION | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHEMICAL DEGRADATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | CLIMATIC ZONES | en_US |
| dc.subject | DRYLANDS | en_US |
| dc.subject | SOIL EROSION | en_US |
| dc.subject | CASE STUDIES | en_US |
| dc.subject | AFRICA | en_US |
| dc.subject | SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHINA | en_US |
| dc.subject | MALI | en_US |
| dc.subject | TUNISIA | en_US |
| dc.title | World Atlas of Desertification | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en_US |
| wd.topics | Nature Action | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 78 p. | en_US |
