Land Degradation

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"This second edition of Land Degradation explores substantial decreases in the land's biological productivity or its usefulness to humans due to human activities. Douglas L. Johnson and Laurence A. Lewis's text thoroughly examines this growing area of study using a global perspective, as well as up-to-date information. Case studies include tourist impacts in Europe, the environmental footprints of urban areas, wetland drainage for agriculture in the American Midwest, run-on farming in the Negev, land degradation in the Amazon Basin, and irrigation in Egypt. Extensively illustrated, Land Degradation can be used as the primary text in a course of the same name or as a supplement in courses covering land use, environmental change, and sustainability."--Jacket.