Journal article
Development paths of drylands: thresholds and sustainability
Abstract
Drylands (41 and 35% of global land and population, respectively) have the lowest biological productivity of any ecosystem, contain populations with the highest growth rates on earth, and share a significant fraction of global poverty for which desertification is implicated. A global assessment of the available information indicates that the inherent low productivity of drylands, when combined with other adverse factors, can generate poverty. …
Authors
Safriel U; Adeel Z
Journal
Sustainability Science, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 117–123
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
4 2008
DOI
10.1007/s11625-007-0038-5
ISSN
1862-4065