TY - ECHAP
KW - biodiversity
KW - aquatic resources
KW - natural resource management
KW - agricultural conservation
KW - agroforestry
AU - David R. Steeds
AU - Ted J. Davis
AU - Isabelle A. Schirmer
AB - <p>This paper will examine eight issues, selected because they are controversial, four in the realm of the diagnosis of the desertification process, and four in the realm of possible remedies. These issues are:</p><ul><li>is desertification caused principally by increasing aridity or by poor resource management?&#39;</li><li>is desertification most threatening at the edge of the desert (200-300mm) or further south in the wetter but still semi-arid areas?&#39;</li><li>are traditional production systems irretrievably broken down or recuperable?&#39;</li><li>are spontaneous adjustments to the desertification process taking place quickly and constructively or slowly and destructively?&#39;</li><li>are there (or not) any proven techniques for intensifying land use in the areas most threatened by the desertification process?&#39;</li><li>is there (or not) any significant scope for developing irrigation as a means of increasing carrying capacity?&#39;</li><li>is there (or not) any real scope to mobilize group endeavors for better resource management?&#39;</li><li>is there (or not) any role for public policy in guiding spontaneous settlement?</li></ul>
AN - 89-00529
BT - Sustainability issues in agricultural development: Proceedings of the Seventh Agriculture Sector Symposium
CN - S604.5.A35 1987
CY - Washington, DC
DA - 01/1987
DB - Pennsylvania State University Libraries
LA - English
N1 - See also: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/686471468764390337/Sustainability-issues-in-agricultural-development-proceedings-of-the-seventh-agriculture-sector-symposium
N2 - <p>This paper will examine eight issues, selected because they are controversial, four in the realm of the diagnosis of the desertification process, and four in the realm of possible remedies. These issues are:</p><ul><li>is desertification caused principally by increasing aridity or by poor resource management?&#39;</li><li>is desertification most threatening at the edge of the desert (200-300mm) or further south in the wetter but still semi-arid areas?&#39;</li><li>are traditional production systems irretrievably broken down or recuperable?&#39;</li><li>are spontaneous adjustments to the desertification process taking place quickly and constructively or slowly and destructively?&#39;</li><li>are there (or not) any proven techniques for intensifying land use in the areas most threatened by the desertification process?&#39;</li><li>is there (or not) any significant scope for developing irrigation as a means of increasing carrying capacity?&#39;</li><li>is there (or not) any real scope to mobilize group endeavors for better resource management?&#39;</li><li>is there (or not) any role for public policy in guiding spontaneous settlement?</li></ul>
PB - World Bank
PP - Washington, DC
PY - 1987
RN - Local system: LIAS1348242 Local system: (OCoLC)15791230 Bibliography note: Includes bibliographies
SN - 0-8213-0909-9; 978-0-8213-0909-4
SP - 229
EP - 238
T2 - Sustainability issues in agricultural development: Proceedings of the Seventh Agriculture Sector Symposium
TI - Desertification
UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15791230
ER -