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Global alarm : dust and sandstorms from the world's drylands / supported by the Government of the Netherlands, Asia Regional Coordinating Unit Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Corporate Author
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat)
Published
[Beijing] : [United Nations], [2001]
Physical Description
xii, 345 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm

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Contents
PHYSICS, MECHANICS AND PROCESSES OF DUST AND SANDSTORMS: Dust and sandstorms: an early warning of impending disaster -- Progress of research on understanding sand and dust storms in the world -- Black Windstorm in Northwest China: a case study of the strong sand-dust storm on May 5th 1993 -- THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN DUST BOWL: A CAUTIONARY TALE: Fighting dust storms: the case of Canada's prarie region -- Dust Bowl in the 1930s and sandstorms in 1999 in the USA -- CASE STUDIES OF SAND-DUST STORMS IN AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA: Sand and dust storms in the Sahelian region of Africa: consequences and acceleration caused by human factors -- Dust storms and dust devils in South Australia: the driest province of the driest continent on earth -- CASE STUDIES OF SAND-DUST STORMS IN ASIA: White sandstorms in Central Asia -- Combating desertification and sandstorms in Iraq -- CHINA'S EXPERIENCE WITH CALAMITOUS SAND-DUST STORMS: Disasters of strong sandstorms over large areas and the spread of land desertification in China -- Dust-sandstorms: inevitable consequences of desertification-a case study of desertification disasters in the hexi corridor, Northwest China -- Root causes, processes and consequence analysis of sandstorms in northern China in 2000 -- FORECASTING, MITIGATING AND PREVENTING SAND-DUST STORMS: Distinguishing natural causes and human intervention as factors in accelerated wind erosion: the development of environmental indicators -- Mitigating and preventing sand-dust storms: problems and prospects -- Mitigating the effects of disastrous sand-dust storms: a Chinese perspective.
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ISBN
92112011404
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-345) and index.
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