Land Degradation and Socio-Economic Development : A Field-based Perspective (Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research) (1st ed. 2020. 2021. xxv, 160 S. XXV, 160 p. 26 illus., 21 illus. in co)

This book offers an overview of recent literature on land degradation and its interrelationship with socio-economic development processes in the developing world. It provides an in-depth analysis of land degradation as a physical process, with an emphasis on the local and regional scales. The volume contains a detailed case-study of ravine formation processes in the Chambal valley, a unique but least studied part of the world. Using multi-scale and multi-disciplinary approaches, and combining spatial socio-economic data with remote sensing data, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and implications of land degradation.