The End of Desertification? Disputing Environmental Change in the D
The question in the title of this book draws attention to the shortcomings of a concept that has become a political tool of global importance even as the scientific basis for its use grows weaker. The concept of desertification, it can be argued, has ceas
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Roy H. Behnke Michael Mortimore Editors
The End of Desertification? Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands
Springer Earth System Sciences Series editors Philippe Blondel, Bath, UK Eric Guilyardi, Paris, France Jorge Rabassa, Ushuaia, Argentina Clive Horwood, Chichester, UK
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Editors Roy H. Behnke Odessa Centre Great Wolford, Shipston-on-Stour UK
ISSN 2197-9596 Springer Earth System Sciences ISBN 978-3-642-16013-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-16014-1
Michael Mortimore Drylands Research Milborne Port UK
ISSN 2197-960X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-16014-1
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Acknowledgments
In May 2013, the contributors to this volume were invited to attend a meeting in rural Somerset, UK, to present early drafts of their chapters and discuss the organization of this book. This meeting was instrumental in sustaining enthusiasm for what became a long process leading to eventual publication. Two organizations— the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), in UK, and the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University, in USA—provided the funding that made our meeting possible. In particular, we thank Ced Hesse and Camilla Toulmin of IIED and Helen Young of Tufts for their personal encouragement and generous institutional support. The meeting was hosted by the Odessa Centre Ltd., directed by Carol Kerven, who also recorded the results of our meeting and later edited a number of the chapters in the book. Cara Kerven and Tristam Barrett provided the logistical
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