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Titre(s) : Restoration and development of the degraded Loess Plateau, China [Texte électronique] / Atsushi Tsunekawa, Guobin Liu, Norikazu Yamanaka, Sheng Du, editors
Publication : Tokyo : Springer, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Ecological research monographs
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
This book presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations
to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land
degradation and desertification problems. Supported by a rapidly developing Chinese
economy and the dissemination of effective technology, the Grain-for-Green Project
and Western Development Action launched by the Chinese government have resulted in
successful ecological restoration and protection over the past 30 years. These programs
have contributed not only to conservation of soil and water, but also to economic
development. At the same time, however, these developmental interventions have brought
new challenges that have not yet been fully addressed. The book describes (1) case
studies of success and failure in practice, including rare success stories of combating
desertification; (2) technical issues such as erosion control and breeding of stress-tolerant
plant species, and socioeconomic measures taken by the Chinese government and lending
policies with support from the World Bank; and (3) comprehensive measures against
desertification, such as water and wind erosion, salinization, and deforestation.
This volume is recommended for researchers and students above the undergraduate level
in diverse fields including soil science, rural engineering, social technology and
civil engineering, biology, ecology, climatology, physical and human geography, and
developmental economics, among others. It also serves as a valuable resource for engineers,
government officials, and NPOs and NGOs involved in afforestation, ecological restoration,
combating desertification, disaster prevention, and sustainable rural development
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Tsunekawa, Atsushi (1960-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Désertification
Désertification -- Lutte contre
Terres -- Dégradation
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.700 951 (23e éd.) = Problèmes environnementaux - Chine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9784431544814
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb447179358
Notice n° :
FRBNF44717935
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Location, geology and landforms of the Loess Plateau / Mei-Jie Yan, Qiu-Yu He,
Norikazu Yamanaka and Sheng Du ; 2. Climate of the Loess Plateau / Reiji Kimura and
Naru Takayama ; 3. Soils on the Loess Plateau / Sadahiro Yamamoto and Tsuneyoshi
Endo ; 4. Vegetation of the Loess Plateau / Norikazu Yamanaka, Qing-Chun Hou and
Sheng Du ; 5. Agriculture on the Loess Plateau / Ping An, Tomoe Inoue, Mingqing Zheng,
A. Erginya Eneji and Shinobu Inanaga ; 6. Soil erosion in the Loess Plateau Region
of China / Fenli Zheng and Bin Wang ; 7. Irrigated agriculture and salinization /
Katsuyuki Shimizu, Shen-Li Yang and Yoshinobu Kitamura ; 8. Land use change and deforestation
on the Loess Plateau / Jing-Feng He, Jin-Hong Guan and Wen-Hui Zhang ; 9. Comprehensive
Chinese government policies to combat desertification / Zhan-Bin Li, Peng Li, Ping-Ping
Huang and Xiao-June Liu ; 10. Grain-for-green policy and its achievements / Ji-Jun
Wang, Zhi-De Jiang and Zi-Lan Xia ; 11. Poverty allevi
