Land Degradation and Socio-Economic Development

A Field-based Perspective

Padmini Pani (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXV, 160 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-42076-5 (ISBN)

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This book offers an overview of recent literature on land degradation and its interrelationship with socio-economic development processes in the developing world. It provides an in-depth analysis of land degradation as a physical process, with an emphasis on the local and regional scales. The volume contains a detailed case-study of ravine formation processes in the Chambal valley, a unique but least studied part of the world. Using multi-scale and multi-disciplinary approaches, and combining spatial socio-economic data with remote sensing data, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and implications of land degradation.

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Dr. Padmini Pani is an Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, where she works at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, at the School of Social Sciences.

She has a Master's Degree in Geography and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS. Other specialities include Geomorphology, Land Degradation, River Systems, Climate Change, Mountain Ecosystems, Environment and Development. She was visiting fellow at Lancaster University, University of Southampton, and University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr Pani was a DAAD fellow at the Institute of Physical Geography of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, where she worked on land degradation.

Dr. Padmini Pani has over a decade in teaching and research experience and published numerous articles.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- List of Plates.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Land Degradation in Chambal Valley: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions.- Chapter 3 Socio-Economic Scenario in a Badlands Region.- Chapter 4 Land degradation and Socio-Economic Development: Linkages.- Chapter 5 Land Degradation and Rural Development: A Field-based Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.- Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Zusatzinfo	XXV, 160 p. 26 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Schlagworte	Chambal Valley • Effects of land degradation • Land degradation impact • Ravine formation • Remote Sensing and GIS • Socio-economic Implications of Land Degredation
ISBN-10	3-030-42076-0 / 3030420760
ISBN-13	978-3-030-42076-5 / 9783030420765
Zustand	Neuware