Turkey's many and varied landscapes face the challenge of degradation and ultimately
desertification due to soil problems that include organic matter deficiency, salinity-alkalinity …

This study describes a GIS-based software tool for the qualitative assessment of
desertification risk. The tool integrates results from several land degradation models into …

Land use, which relates to land cover, is one of the influential factors associated with
desertification risk. A study was conducted on the impact of land use and spatial changes on …

Human activities as well as natural events can dramatically affect land degradation
negatively or positively. In Egypt, agriculture is a key sector of the economy. Land …

An assessment of the desertification risk was carried out for Apulia region (south-eastern
Italy), a typical example of many Mediterranean areas affected by land degradation. The …

The Chinese government has conducted the Returning Grazing Land to Grassland Project
(RGLGP) across large portions of grasslands from western China since 2003. In order to …

Iran is mainly located in the arid and semiarid climate zone and seriously affected by
desertification. This is a severe environmental problem, which results in a persistent loss of …

This paper illustrates a process-based approach aimed at classifying large areas into
different classes of vulnerability to Mediterranean land and soil degradation (LD and SD). A …

This paper presents the assessment and mapping of the Ribeira Seca catchment, an insular
Sahelian mountain region sensitive to desertification, located on the island of Santiago …

This paper presents the development of a system dynamic model to simulate and analyze
potential future state of desertification in Egypt. The presented model enhances the …