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World Atlas of Desertification

dc.contributorEarly Warning and Assessment Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-28T17:44:06Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28T17:44:06Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.isbn0-340-55512-2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/42137
dc.descriptionThis 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.formatpdfen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherEdward Arnolden_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectDESERTIFICATIONen_US
dc.subjectDROUGHTen_US
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATIONen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectSOIL DEGRADATIONen_US
dc.subjectWATER EROSIONen_US
dc.subjectWIND EROSIONen_US
dc.subjectCHEMICAL DEGRADATIONen_US
dc.subjectCLIMATIC ZONESen_US
dc.subjectDRYLANDSen_US
dc.subjectSOIL EROSIONen_US
dc.subjectCASE STUDIESen_US
dc.subjectAFRICAen_US
dc.subjectSYRIAN ARAB REPUBLICen_US
dc.subjectCHINAen_US
dc.subjectMALIen_US
dc.subjectTUNISIAen_US
dc.titleWorld Atlas of Desertificationen_US


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