Arid Environment - Perspectives, Challenges and Management

Edited by Murat Eyvaz, Ahmed Albahnasawi, Ercan Gurbulak and Mesut Tekbas

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Abstract: Aridity is the imbalance between long-term average water supply and long-term average water demand. Arid environments cover more than one-third of the world's land area and represent the most common habitat on Earth after the oceans. Aridity poses a threat to the environment and the economy, and to security, development, food security, and social life around the world. The causes of increased aridity are complex and are thought to be both natural and man-made. The causes of drought include such factors as climate change, population growth, soil erosion, inappropriate irrigation, poor farming methods, soil, water, and groundwater contamination, urbanization, deforestation, improper water management, and desertification of arid and semi-arid zones. This book contains valuable scientific studies on such aspects of aridity as surface and groundwater management, land use, and agricultural applications. Case studies from different geographies and planets are included.

JEL-codes: Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80356-551-4
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Impacts of the Industrial and Technological Revolution on Territories and Cities in the Arid Environments: A Case Study of the Antofagasta Region in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Jose Norberto Guerra Ramirez

Introductory Chapter: Arid Environment

Murat Eyvaz and Ahmed Albahnasawi

Managing Drought and Water Stress in Northern Africa

Kaltoum Belhassan

Prediction of the Transported Soil Volume by the Presence of Water in the Vicinity of Ma'adim Vallis (Mars)

Emilio Ramirez Juidias

Remote Sensing for Agricultural Applications

Saju Adhikary, Benukar Biswas, Manish Kumar Naskar, Bishal Mukherjee, Aditya Pratap Singh and Kousik Atta

The Unique Approaches to Water Management for Transforming Bangladesh's Drought-Prone Northwest Region into a Lush and Granary Landscape

Mohammad Iquebal Hossain and Mohammad Niamu Bari

Wood Quality and Pulping Process Efficiency of Elite Eucalyptus spp. Clones Field-Grown under Seasonal Drought Stress

Deborah Rodrigues de Souza Santos, Matheus Peres Chagas, Rafael Tassinari Resende, Mario Tomazello-Filho, Carlos Roberto Sette-Junior, Evandro Novaes, Regina Maria Gomes, Julia Lobo Ribeiro Anciotti Gil, Rafael Fernandes dos Santos, Camila Sarto and Carlos de Melo e Silva-Neto

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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.102195

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