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DOES ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES OR NATURE DOMINATE THE SHAPING OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE OREGON PILOT STUDY AREA FOR 1990-1999?

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Book cover Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue

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Abstract

Climatic variation and human activities are major factors resulting in land degradation in arid and semiarid lands. In the Mediterranean region and over history, climatic drying was coincidental with developing agricultural technology and the rapid increase of the population and their dependence on the grain field, timber, and animal products. As a result of human population demand, it is evident that depletion of natural resources, such as water (surface or ground) and soil (e.g., soil erosion) and reduction of farm productivity, leads many farmers to move to alternative lands or to urban areas. This has a major impact on socioeconomics resulting in a decrease of per-capita food production affecting the political stability of the region and enhancing poverty.

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  1. U.S. EPA, Las Vegas, Nevada, 93478, 89193-3478, USA

    Maliha S. Nash, Daniel T. Heggem & James D. Wickham

  2. U.S. EPA, E243-05, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711, USA

    Timothy G. Wade

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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

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Nash, M.S., Wade, T.G., Heggem, D.T., Wickham, J.D. (2006). DOES ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES OR NATURE DOMINATE THE SHAPING OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE OREGON PILOT STUDY AREA FOR 1990-1999?. 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_13

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