Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue A Security Issue. Proceedings of the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue Workshop, held in Valencia, Spain, 2-5 December 2003

Desertification in the Mediterranean Region: a Security Issue 1 2 William G. Kepner & José Luis Rubio 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, P.O. Box 93478, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 89193-3478 ([e-mail]) 2. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificacion-CIDE, (CSIC, Universitat de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana),Cami de la Marjal, s/n Apartado Oficial, 46470 Albal, Valencia, Spain ([e-mail]) Security issues related to desertification in the Mediterranean Region were the subject of a special NATO workshop held on 2-5 December 2003 at the Museum of Sciences Principe Felipe in Valencia, Spain. This workshop was organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA), Centre for Desertification Research (Valencia, Spain), and the Desert Research Institute (Reno, Nevada, USA) on behalf of the NATO Science Committee and the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (Public Diplomacy Division). Additionally, the European Society for Soil Conservation participated as a collaborating institution. Other participating institutions included the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Generalitat Valencia (Department of Territory and Housing), the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the City of Art & Sciences of Valencia which hosted the Meeting.

Zusammenfassung

Focuses on two basic concepts: security and desertification in the Mediterranean Region and their linkages. The scope of this book includes the identification of the physical processes of desertification specific to both the north and south Mediterranean Region.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: W.G. Kepner (Herausgeber), Jose L. Rubio (Herausgeber), David A. Mouat (Herausgeber), Fausto Pedrazzini (Herausgeber), William G. Kepner (Herausgeber), W. G. Kepner (Herausgeber), Jos L Rubio (Herausgeber), David A Mouat et al (Herausgeber), Jose L Rubio (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: W. G. Kepner
• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2011
• Thema: Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur und Gesellschaft: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewe; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung
• EAN: 9781402037597
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-3759-7
• Anzahl Seiten: 614
• Illustration: XV, 593 p.
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 15.5 x 24.5 x 3.4 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 1’034 g
• Serie: NATO Security through Science Series, NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security, Nato Security through Science Series C:, NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security, NATO Security through Science Series, Nato Security through Science Series C:, NATO Security Through Science
• Themen: Wirtschaftspolitik, Politikwissenschaft, Botanik, Umweltmanagement, Wüste, C, Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften, Mittelmeerländer, Mittelmeer, mediterran, Humangeographie, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Political Science, Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik, Regionalstudien, Militär- und Verteidigungsstrategie, Environment, Politik / Politikwissenschaft, Politologie, Management / Umwelt, Regionalentwicklung, Humangeografie, Geografie / Anthropogeografie, Anthropogeografie, The environment, Political science & theory, Earth and Environmental Science, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Environmental Management, Regional/Spatial Science, Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Botany & plant sciences, Environmental Sciences, Landscape Ecology, Environment, general, Spatial economics, Human Geography