Stewardship of future drylands and climate change in the global south : challenges and opportunities for the agenda 2030 /: challenges and opportunities for the agenda 2030. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Simone Lucatello, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Ileana Espejel, Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña.
• Editors: Lucatello, Simone; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Espejel, Ileana; Martínez-Tagüeña, Natalia
• Contents: Chapter 1.- The construction and destruction of successful agricultural lands: case study of viticultural areas in Northern Mexico. Chapter 2.- Pastoralism and achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a missing piece of the puzzle. Chapter 3.- Trends in the use of groundwater in dry lands of Mexico: case of a complex urbanized socio.- ecosystem of the Chihuahua desert. Chapter 4.- The socio.- ecological systems approach to research the integrated aquifer management in an agricultural dryland in Mexico. Chapter 5.- Assessment of climate change impact on drought and flood regime using climatological data derived from GLDAS.- 1, GLDAS.- 2, and MERRA.- 2 over semi.- arid zones of northern Mexico: analysis of temporal patterns of precipitation. Chapter 6.- Understanding Drylands with a transdisciplinary and participatory approach: participatory observatories and the case of RISZA. Chapter 7.- Sustainable development Goals and drylands. Chapter 8.- Conservation and Development in the Mapimi Biosphere: a transdisciplinary and participatory project to understand climate change adaptation. Chapter 9.- Education for sustainable development (ESD): expert net as promoter of transdisciplinarity through the SDGs. Chapter 10.- The forced modernization of the Altiplano: disruption of the ecosystem function of the dryland zones in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Chapter 11.- Sustainable development in modern times: forgotten native communities in northwestern México. Chapter 12.- Looking at the past to face the challenges for sustainable development in drylands: the protection of the biocultural heritage in the Tehuacán.- Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve. Chapter 13.- The Agadir Platform: a tripartite transatlantic cooperation to achieve sustainable Dryland. Chapter 14.- The Atlas Workshops of Agdz, Morocco: a model region for a scientific.- artistic dialogue. Chapter 15.- Drylands, aridification and land governance in Latin America: a regional geospatial perspective. Chapter 16.- Vulnerability to the effects of climate change: coastal watersheds of arid Mexico. Chapter 17.- Desert experts through time: traditional hunter.- gatherers from Northern Mexico and its implications for resource management and governance. Chapter 18.- Governing drylands through Environmental Mainstreaming: how to cope with natural resources scarcity and climate change.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and color)
• Subjects: 630.9154; Arid regions agriculture; Arid regions agriculture -- Case studies; Climatic changes -- Developing countries; Sustainable development; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030224646; 3030224643
• Related ISBNs: 9783030224639; 3030224635
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