Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Coordonnateurs : Gaur Mahesh K., Squires Victor R.
Dr. Mahesh Gaur is a Senior Scientist at the ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India. He specializes in aridlands geography and the application of satellite remote sensing, GIS and digital image processing for natural resources mapping, management and assessment. He also researches drought, desertification, land degradation, indigenous knowledge systems, and the socio-economic milieu of the Thar Desert of India. He has worked as an Associate Professor for more than 13 years with the Department of Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan State, India and has also worked at Sandhan, Jaipur, IIM Ahmedabad, IHS Hyderabad and IN-RIMT in various capacities. He has been associated with ICAR, ISRO, SAC, UGC, various Ministries of Government of India, and ICARDA for sponsored studies. He has published two books and is the author of a number of research papers and book chapters that have appeared in national and international research journals. He is a member of a number of national and international scientific organizations and editorial boards of journals. He has been awarded the Indian Government Citizen Karamveer Award 2011 by iCONGO for working in the field of Higher Education, Environment and Technology Applications for Community Upliftment, and the Millennium Award for working in the field of Environment.
Dr. Victor Squires is a world renowned expert in rangeland ecology. He obtained his PhD in Rangeland Science from Utah State University, USA. He is the former Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resource Management at the University of Adelaide, where he worked for 15 years. He also worked at CSIRO, Australia’s leading research organization, for 22 years.He is the author/editor of 11 books including ‘Livestock Management in the Arid Zone’, ‘Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management’, ‘Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia: Balancing Improved Livelihoods’, ‘Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection’, and Rangeland Ecology
Exhaustively reviews the key recent research on the current status and future prospects of the world's drylands
Provides a synoptic overview of the current problems and prospects for half a billion inhabitants in these drylands
Demonstrates the path forward to improve livelihoods, conserve biodiversity and achieve land protection
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 06-2018
Ouvrage de 348 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 09-2017
Ouvrage de 348 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Thèmes de Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods... :
Mots-clés :
Biodiversity Conservation; Climate Adaptation in Arid Zones; Climate Variability; Ecology of Rangelands; Global Environmental Change; Grasslands of the World; Livelihoods in Arid Regions; Livestock Migration; Pastoral Practices; Pastoralist and Dryland Farming; Rangeland Management; Watershed Protection Initiatives; world regional geography; climate change impacts