Sustainable Land Management : Challenges, Opportunities, and Trade-offs.

Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resul...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: World Bank
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2006.
Collection:Agriculture and rural development series.
World Bank e-Library.
Sujets:
Land use > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Agricultural development projects > Environmental aspects.
Utilisation du sol > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Projets de développement agricole > Aspect de l'environnement.
sustainable development.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Agricultural development projects > Environmental aspects
Land use > Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Aspect environnemental.
Développement agricole.
Utilisation du sol.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; 1. Introduction; 2. Incidence and Effects of Land Degradation; Boxes; Figures; 3. Challenges to Sustainable Land Management; 4. SLM Interventions: An Agri-technical Perspective; Tables; 5. The Bank's Evolving SLM Portfolio; 6. SLM: Strategic Options; Appendix: Land Management and a Useful Plant Diversity Index ("V" Index); Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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