Dryland management : economic case studies
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Dryland management : economic case studies
Earthscan Publications, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rain-fall or irrigation. This book is a sequel to "The Economics of Dryland Management" and comprises twenty case studies from nine countries in the continents of Africa, Asia, North America and Australia. It reveals drylands resources and the costs of land degradation, illustrating the economics of reclamation, rehabilitation and prevention. Both editors are contributors to the "Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Development Projects".
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Land improvement techniques: economic evaluation of land levelling in Weibei Dry Upland, Shaanxi, China, Guangsen Wang, Weidong Wu and Farong Li
- Soil erosion and land degradation in the Northen Thai Uplands - an economic study, Pitsanu Attaviroj
- Aerial seeding in China, Li Rongao. Part 2 Farm practices: dry land management - the Machakos District, Kenya, F. Kalikander and D.A. Hoekstra
- an economic evaluation of soil conservation in Kitui Distric, Kenya, G. Holmberg
- economic evaluation of dry land peanut growing with perforated plastic mulch, Guangsen Wang and Liming Han
- dry land management in the Kordofan and Darfur Provinces of Sudan, Hassan El Mangouri
- benefit-cost analysis of the farm improvement with soil conservation project in Maphutseng, Mohale's Hoek Distric, Lesotho, J. Bojo. Part 3 Rangeland management: the Fitzroy Valley Regeneration Project in Western Australia, D.G. Wilcox and J.F. Thomas
- a framework for economic evaluation of collective fencing in Botswana, J. Arntzen
- risks in the Botswana range-cattle system, L.C. Braat and J.B. Opschoor. Part 4 Improvement programme at the village/local level: economic and social change in a small rural community in the degraded Lower Shivalik Hill Range in North India, society for the promotion of Wastelands Development
- dryland management options in Wastelands Development - Jawaja Block, Rajasthan, India, society for the promotion of Wastelands development. Part 5 Environmental management at the regional level: economics of dryland salinity control in the Murray River Basin, Northen Victoria, Australia, R.G. Dumsday and D.A. Oram
- regional land use planning - the Murray River catchment of Western Australia, J.F.Thomas. Part 6 Damage cost studies: damage costs of land degradation - an Australian perspective, J.A. Sinden et al
- the costs of soil degradation on the Northwest slopes of New South Wales, Australia, J.A. Siden
- land degradation costs in Canada - a recent assessment, J. Girt. Part 7 Macro/global studies: natural resource accounting - a case study of Bostwana, A. Gilbert
- global modelling of dryland degradation, A.R. Gigengack et al.
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