Conserving land, protecting water / (Record no. 45071)
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| fixed length control field | 03540nam a2200265 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781845933876 (alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 1845933877 (alk. paper) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 631.45 |
| Item number | CON |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bossio, Deborah |
| Relator term | Editor |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Conserving land, protecting water / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Deborah Bossio and Kim Geheb. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Wallingford, UK ; |
| -- | Cambridge, MA : |
| Name of publisher | CABI Pub., |
| Year of publication | c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xviii, 235 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series, 6 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Published in association with CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contributors vii <br/>Series Foreword ix <br/>Introduction xi <br/>Part I: Land and Water Degradation: Emerging Issues<br/>Learning from Bright Spots to Enhance Food Security and to Combat Degradation of Water and Land Resources<br/>1 (19)<br/>Frits Penning de Vries<br/>Herbert Acquay<br/>David Molden<br/>Sarah Scherr<br/>Christian Valentin<br/>Olufunke Cofie<br/>Land Degradation and Water Productivity in Agricultural Landscapes<br/>20 (13)<br/>Deborah Bossio<br/>Andrew Noble<br/>David Molden<br/>Vinay Nangia<br/>Land Degradation Ecosystem Services and Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Makanya Catchment, Tanzania<br/>33 (18)<br/>Line J. Gordon<br/>Elin I. Enfors<br/>The Political Ecologies of Bright Spots<br/>51 (18)<br/>Kim Geheb<br/>Everisto Mapedza<br/>Large-scale Fluxes of Crop Nutrients in Food Cause Environmental Problems at Sources and at Sinks<br/>69 (14)<br/>Frits Penning de Vries<br/>Carbon Sequestration, Land Degradation and Water<br/>83 (24)<br/>Antonio Trabucco<br/>Deborah Bossio<br/>Oliver van Straaten<br/>Part II: Towards Better Land and Water Management<br/>Local Innovation in `Green Water' Management<br/>107 (13)<br/>William Critchley<br/>Girish Negi<br/>Marit Brommer<br/>Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa<br/>120 (9)<br/>Pay Drechsel<br/>Olufunke Cofie<br/>Seydou Niang<br/>Safeguarding Water Resources by Making the Land Greener: Knowledge Management through WOCAT<br/>129 (20)<br/>Hanspeter Liniger<br/>William Critchley<br/>Bright Basins-Do Many Brught Spots Make a Basin Shine?<br/>149 (14)<br/>Francis Gichuki<br/>David Molden<br/>The Influence of Plant Cover Structures on Water Fluxes in AgriculturaL Landscapes<br/>163 (15)<br/>Lech Ryszkowski<br/>Andrzej Kedziora<br/>Investments in Collective Capacity and Cocial Capital<br/>178 (13)<br/>Jules Pretty<br/>Part III: Bright Spots<br/>Bright Spots: Pathways to Ensuring Food Security and Environmental Integrity<br/>191 (14)<br/>Andrew Noble<br/>Deborah Bossio<br/>Jules Pretty<br/>Frits Penning de Vries<br/>Ecosystem Benefits of `Bright' Spots<br/>205 (20)<br/>Deborah Bossio<br/>Andrew Noble<br/>Boel Aloysius<br/>Jules Pretty<br/>Frits Penning de Vries<br/>Index 225 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of global patterns of land and water degradation and discusses new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation, as well as their impact on food and environmental security. Drawing on the fields of ecology, agricultural and soil sciences, hydrology, development studies and political science, this book will provide both academics and policy makers with innovative ideas for how sustainable water use and food production can be achieved through the prevention of land degradation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Water-supply, Agricultural. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Land degradation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Water conservation. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bossio, Deborah. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Geheb, Kim. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008003590.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 12/07/2023 | Donation | 10100.00 | 631.45 CON | 016439 | Reference Books |