Land Degradation and Socio-Economic Development

A Field-based Perspective
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-42073-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

Presents a state-of-the-art review of land degradation studies across the world 
Lucidly explains recent advances in techniques of measuring land degradation 
Features case studies on land degradation processes in semi-arid India 
Applies multi-disciplinary, multi-scale approaches to study causes and implications of land degradation

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pani, Padmini

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie GIS, Geoinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- List of Plates.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Land Degradation in Chambal Valley: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions.- Chapter 3 Socio-Economic Scenario in a Badlands Region.- Chapter 4 Land degradation and Socio-Economic Development: Linkages.- Chapter 5 Land Degradation and Rural Development: A Field-based Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Padmini Pani is an Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, where she works at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, at the School of Social Sciences. 

She has a Master’s Degree in Geography and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS. Other specialities include Geomorphology, Land Degradation, River Systems, Climate Change, Mountain Ecosystems, Environment and Development. She was visiting fellow at Lancaster University, University of Southampton, and University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr Pani was a DAAD fellow at the Institute of Physical Geography of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, where she worked on land degradation.

Dr. Padmini Pani has over a decade in teaching and research experience and published numerous articles.