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MIGRATION: AN IRREVERSIBLE IMPACT OF LAND DEGRADATION IN TURKEY

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Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue

Part of the book series: NATO Security Through Science Series ((NASTC,volume 3))

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The total arable land in Turkey is 28.054.000 ha. However, the prime soils cover only 17.5% of the total land surface and the productivity of the remaining soils is mainly limited by topography, depleted organic matter and high clay contents.

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  1. Departments of Soil Science and Archaeometry, University of Çukurova, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    S. Kapur, E. Akça & A. Öztürk

  2. Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Çukurova, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    B. Kapur

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  1. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

    William G. Kepner

  2. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desterficacion-CIDE, Valencia, Spain

    Jose L. Rubio

  3. Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

    David A. Mouat

  4. NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Science Committee, Brussels, Belgium

    Fausto Pedrazzini

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Kapur, S., Akça, E., Kapur, B., Öztürk, A. (2006). MIGRATION: AN IRREVERSIBLE IMPACT OF LAND DEGRADATION IN TURKEY. In: Kepner, W.G., Rubio, J.L., Mouat, D.A., Pedrazzini, F. (eds) Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue. NATO Security Through Science Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3760-0_12

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