Natural Resources Deterioration in MENA Region Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Desertification

Land deterioration, drought, desertification, and water resources shrinkage threaten natural resources, negatively impacting environmental, economic, and political stability. The increasing occurrence of climate change (extremes) impacts land degradation processes, soil erosion by water and wind, an...

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Other Authors: Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil (Editor), Mustafa, Yaseen T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Earth and Environmental Sciences Library
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Chapter 7. Assessing Soil Erosion Vulnerability Using RUSLE Model in the Semi-Arid Haouz Plain, Marrakech, Morocco: Investigating the Combined Effects of Land Cover Dynamics, Socio-Spatial Mutations, and Climate Change (Youssef Bammou) -- Chapter 8. GIS-based Erosion Potential Method (EPM) for Soil Degradation Evaluation: A Case Study the Northeast of Morocco (Mohammed El Brahimi) -- Chapter 9. Predicting Soil Erosion Using RUSLE model in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Azade Mehri) -- Part III. Drifting Sands, Sand/Dust Storms, and Desertification -- Chapter 10. Spatiotemporal Variability of Aerosol Optical Depth Over the Arabian Peninsula Using MODIS Data (Abdelgadir Abuelgasim) -- Chapter 11. The Carrying Loads Composition of Storms Over Iraq (Moutaz A. Al-Dabbas) -- Chapter 12. Monitoring Drifting Sand Using Spectral Index and Landsat TM/OLI Datasets in Bahr An-Najaf Area, IRAQ (Ghadeer F. Al-Kasoob) --  
505 0 |a Part I. Land Deterioration- Geological and Hydrological Status -- Chapter 1. Remote Sensing Techniques for Investigating Natural Resources Deterioration: Application on Agricultural Degradation in Sultanate Oman (Yaseen A. Al-Mulla) -- Chapter 2. Spectral Angle Mapper Approach (SAM) for Land Degradation Mapping: A Case Study of the Oued Lahdar Watershed in the Pre-Rif Region (Morocco) (Brahim Benzougagh) -- Chapter 3. Remotely sensed data and GIS for long-term monitoring of the Ghout oases degradation in the region of Oued Souf (Northeastern Algerian Sahara) (Nouar Boulghobra) -- Chapter 4. Tectonic and Erosion in the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt (ZFTB) (Ahmed K. Obaid) -- Chapter 5. Characterization of Post-Uprising Impacts on Landcover and Land Use: Al Waseta Al Wasita-Satish - Area Northeast Libya Case Study (Salah Hamad) -- Chapter 6. Construction Industry Role in Natural Resources Depletion and How to Reduce It (Bayan Salim Obaid Al-Numan) -- Part II. Soil Erosion --  
505 0 |a Chapter 13. Assessment ofthe Growth of Urban Heat Island in a Mediterranean Environment: A Pathway Toward a Sustainable City (Mohammed El Hafyani) -- Chapter 14. Environmental Challenges, The Impacts of Climate Change in North Africa Region: A Review (Afeez Alabi Salami) -- Chapter 15. Soil Salinization Impacts on Land Degradation and Desertification Phenomenon in An-Najaf Governorate, Iraq (Sa'ad R. Yousif) 
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653 |a Waste Management/Waste Technology 
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653 |a Bioclimatology 
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520 |a Land deterioration, drought, desertification, and water resources shrinkage threaten natural resources, negatively impacting environmental, economic, and political stability. The increasing occurrence of climate change (extremes) impacts land degradation processes, soil erosion by water and wind, and salinization. The researchers have invested several years of scientific research in natural resources deterioration, including soil degradation and erosion, land degradation, desertification, and climate changes, which are interesting enough. However, the link between science and policymaking appears to be less active as serious actions do not take fast. The eighteen chapters of this book focus more on topics related to natural resources deterioration, such as land degradation, desertification, drought, climate change, and analysis of numerous case studies. This book presents experts' overviews, study results, experiences, and knowledge of natural resources deterioration in MENA countries. It attracts researchers, experts, scholars, scientists, academics, students, practitioners, graduates, or anybody interested in land degradation, desertification, climate change, and natural hazards that fall within natural resources deterioration. Therefore, researchers keep continuing to do their investigations and produce results that convince stakeholders and policymaking to act immediately towards protecting natural resources and their sustainability.