Chapter
Societal Vulnerability to Desertification and Policy Response Options
Abstract
Desertification – land degradation and loss of productivity in drylands resulting from human and climatic factors – is one of the greatest global challenges of our times, and correlates directly to poverty, food insecurity and degradation of human well-being. Desertification directly results in biodiversity changes and a decline in soil fertility, water availability and plant cover, which indirectly affect the livelihoods of dryland …
Authors
Adeel Z
Book title
Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security
Series
Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace
Volume
5
Pagination
pp. 853-861
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2011
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_49