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[edited by] Longjun Ci, Xiaohui Yang

Beijing Heidelberg New York : Higher Education Press Springer

c2010

xviii, 513 p. : ill. (some col.) , maps (some col.) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes , Concept and global status of desertification -- Natural background of Chinaʹs drylands -- Natural resources and their utilization in the drylands of China -- Sandy deserts, Gobi, sandlands and sandified land in dryland -- Water erosion in the drylands of China -- Soil salinization -- Steppe degradation and rehabilitation in Northern China -- Biological and technical approaches to control windy desertification -- Engineering and technological measures for combating desertification -- Optimized sustainable eco-production paradigms in drylands

Ci, Longjun. , Yang, Xiaohui.