Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1 The Global-DEP: A Research Programme to Promote Sustainability of Dryland Social-Ecological Systems -- 1.1 An Overview of Drylands and SDGs -- 1.2 Recent Developments in Dryland SES Research -- 1.3 Global-DEP and Its Conceptual Framework -- 1.4 Research Themes and Priorities -- 1.5 Summary and Perspectives -- References -- Part I Thematic Issues of Dryland SESs -- 2 Dryland Dynamics and Driving Forces -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Peculiar Dryland Land Cover and Changes -- 2.2.1 Vegetation Pattern and Changes -- 2.2.2 Biocrust and Changes -- 2.2.3 Photovoltaic Black Surfaces -- 2.3 Dryland Water Availability and Changes -- 2.3.1 Plant Water Utilization Strategy -- 2.3.2 Nonrainfall Water -- 2.3.3 Water Availability -- 2.3.4 Hydrological Impacts of Land-Use Change -- 2.4 Driving Forces of Dryland Changes -- 2.4.1 Climate Change -- 2.4.2 Agricultural Development -- 2.4.3 Urbanization -- 2.4.4 Population Increase and Poverty Alleviation -- 2.5 Prediction of Dryland Changes -- 2.6 Perspective -- References -- 3 Structure, Functions, and Interactions of Dryland Ecosystems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Dryland Ecosystem Structure and Functions -- 3.2.1 Dryland Ecosystem Structure -- 3.2.2 Dryland Ecosystem Functions -- 3.2.3 Structure-Functions Interactions in Dryland Ecosystems -- 3.3 Structure-Function Interactions Driven by Global Change -- 3.3.1 Structure-Function Interactions Along Aridity Gradients -- 3.3.2 Responses and Feedback of Dryland Ecosystem to Climate Change -- 3.3.3 The Geographical Diversity of the EvolutionTrajectory of Dryland -- 3.4 Stability and Resilience of Dryland Ecosystem and Implications for Restoration -- 3.4.1 Ecosystem Stability and Resilience in Drylands -- 3.4.2 Mechanisms of Maintaining Resilience and Stability.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (423 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789819993758
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31164336
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
