Desertification Control Engineering

Author: Sun Baoping, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This course is a newly integrated and constructed one based on existing courses such as Sand Control and Afforestation, Principles and Techniques of Sand Control, Wind-Blown Sand Physics, Desertification Monitoring and Evaluation, and Soil and Water Conservation. The content includes an overview of desertification, principles of desertification control, vegetation construction techniques, engineering control techniques, and ecological agriculture construction techniques in desertified areas, as well as the planning and design of desertification control projects, benefit analysis, desertification monitoring and evaluation, etc. The book is rich in content, easy to understand, and highly practical. It introduces various aspects of desertification, including an overview of desertification, principles of desertification control, vegetation construction techniques in desertified areas, engineering sand control techniques, ecological agriculture construction techniques in desertified areas, comprehensive utilization of water resources in desertified areas, development of alternative energy in desert regions, planning and design of desertification control projects, desertification monitoring and evaluation, and benefit evaluation of desertification control projects.