Economics Of Land Degradation And Improvement – A Global Assessment For Sustainable Development

ISBN: 9783319191676 出版年：2016 页码：331 Nkonya Springer

This volume develops a conceptual framework for a more comprehensive assessment of the economic costs of land degradation by incorporating the value of terrestrial ecosystem services. It also provides corresponding analytical methods, based on comparing the costs and benefits of taking action against land degradation versus the costs of inaction. The book subsequently applies these methods to determine the cost of land degradation at global, regional and national levels in 12 case study countries. The drivers of land degradation are analyzed across scales, leading to policy implications for how to achieve sustainable land management.   the book consists of individual chapters written by 53 multi-disciplinary authors from all geographic and socio-economic regions, woven together into a single narrative that offers compelling arguments for addressing land degradation. To ensure the external validity of country-level results, the 12 case study countries were carefully selected to represent different global biophysical and socio-economic characteristics, accounting for 43% of the global population and 28% of the land area.