Desertification: on significance of the term and research of the phenomenon

• Authors: Florian Plit

Abstracts

EN

First elaborations on desertification come from the Renaissance, but the term was used for the first time by Aubreville in 1949. In later years, many significantly varying in meaning definitions were elaborated. In later periods, researchers' attention concentrated on different areas. At the turn of the XIXth century, interest was mainly focused on Asia, later on the peripheries of the Sahara, in recent years on desertification in post-soviet Central Asia, China and Mongolia.

Keywords

EN

desertification; definitions; regional analysis

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 147-153

Dates

published

2006

Contributors

author

Florian Plit

• Institut of Developing Countries

translator

Małgorzata Miłaszewska

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Biblioteka Nauki

2032489