The world's drylands: A classification

Authors
Publication date 2004
Host editors
  • A.J. Dietz
  • R. Ruben
  • A. Verhagen
Book title The impact of climate change on drylands: With a focus on West Africa
ISBN
  • 1402019521
  • 9781402019524
Series Environment & policy, 39
Pages (from-to) 19-26
Number of pages 465
Publisher Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract In this chapter a global overview of drylands is presented. The study region and case study areas are selected using a few simple criteria. Starting with the aridity class and degree of degradation areas were classified based on the population density and on the presence of at least one large city in the area.
Document type Chapter
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2158-5_2
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