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Approaches to the ecological and economical assessment of desertification processes

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This paper suggests a methodology for assessing the economic, social, and ecological consequences of the desertification process. The major factors governing the economic damage are identified. An ecological and economic analysis of a model area of intense desertification is carried out. Public opinion poll data are used to assess the economic and social consequences.

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  1. Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Ude, Russia

    B. L. Radnaev & A. S. Mikheeva

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Original Russian Text © B.L. Radnaev, A.S. Mikheeva, 2010, published in Region: Ekonomika i Sotsiologiya, 2010, No. 3, pp. 190–200.

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Radnaev, B.L., Mikheeva, A.S. Approaches to the ecological and economical assessment of desertification processes. Reg. Res. Russ. 1, 259–263 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079970511030117

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