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1. Interaction of climate change and land degradation: the experience in the Arab region

Author

El-Bagouri, Ismail H.M.

Subjects
Arabian Peninsula -- Environmental aspects, Rain and rainfall -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Floods -- United States -- Evaluation, Land use -- United States -- Evaluation, Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Wind erosion -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Beach erosion -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Deserts -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, International relations, Political science, Evaluation, Social aspects, Environmental aspects
Abstract

The Arab region is comprised of 21 countries, extending from North Africa to South West Asia, over an estimated total area of 14.1 million square kilometres. Its vast terrain includes [...]

Published
2007

2. We cannot lose our green and our blue: climate change threatens our urban environment

Author

Maia, Cesar

Subjects
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City) -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Global warming -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Environmental protection -- Planning -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, International relations, Political science, Environmental issue, Company business planning, Planning, Social aspects, Environmental aspects
Abstract

Global climatic change will affect all aspects of social life in the twenty-first century. The measures necessary to confront the challenges brought about by global warming and to mitigate its [...]

Published
2007

3. Climate change in the Arctic: an Inuit reality

Author

Smith, Duane

Subjects
Arctic -- Environmental aspects, United Nations. Environment Programme -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Global warming -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Inuit -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, International relations, Political science, Social aspects, Environmental aspects
Abstract

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) characterizes the circumpolar Arctic as the world's climate change 'barometer'. The 160,000 Inuit who live in northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Chukotka in Russia [...]

Published
2007

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