The North African environment at risk. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Will D. Swearingen and Abdellatif Bencherifa.
• Other Names: Swearingen, Will D (Will Davis), 1946-; Bencherifa, Abdellatif
• Contents: North Africa's environment at risk / Will D. Swearingen and Abdellatif Bencherifa -- Is drought increasing in Northwest Africa? : a historical analysis / Will D. Swearingen -- Development trends and environmental deterioration in the agropastoral systems of the central Middle Atlas, Morocco / Douglas L. Johnson -- Sustained past and risky present : the Tafilalt oasis of Southeastern Morocco / James A. Miller -- Desertification and degradation of Algeria's environmental resources / Keith Sutton and Salah Zaimeche -- Land degradation in Tunisia : causes and sustainable solutions / Sadok Bouzid -- Pastoralism and desertification in Mauritania / Dah Salihi -- Is sedentarization of pastoral nomads causing desertification? : the case of the Beni Guil of Eastern Morocco / Abdellatif Bencherifa -- Environmental degradation in Northern Africa : an ecological modeling approach with implications for sustainable development and global change / Christopher S. Potter -- Endangered wetlands and environmental management in North Africa / Barbara Parmenter -- Forest degradation in Morocco / Abdelmalek Benabid -- Disappearing species : the case of the monk seal in Algeria / Zitouni Boutiba -- Pollution and the deteriorating quality of life in Tunisia / Belgacem Henchi -- Desert locust control, public health, and environmental sustainability in North Africa / Allan T. Showler -- Environmental impacts of tourism along the Moroccan coast / Mohamed Berriane -- The internationalization of North African environmental concerns / Pamela Chasek, Lynn Wagner, and I. William Zartman.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 333.73/137; Environmental degradation -- Africa, North; Environmental risk assessment -- Africa, North; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Africa, North; Environnement -- Dégradation -- Afrique du Nord; Environnement -- Évaluation du risque -- Afrique du Nord; Homme -- Influence sur la nature -- Afrique du Nord; Environmental degradation; Environmental risk assessment; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Umweltschaden; Aufsatzsammlung; Desertifikation; Désertification -- Afrique du Nord; Pastoralisme -- Afrique du Nord; Politique de l'environnement -- Afrique du Nord; Environnement -- Afrique du Nord; Pollution -- Afrique du Nord; Milieuaantasting; North Africa; Nordafrika
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000303995; 1000303993
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.