ABSTRACT
Land degradation and desertification are amongst the most severe threats to human welfare and the environment, as they affect the livelihoods of some 2 billion people in the worlds drylands, and they are directly connected to pressing global environmental problems, such as the loss of biological diversity or global climate change. Strategies to co
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part 1: Setting the scene: principles in remote sensing and spatial scene modelling for land degradation assessment
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Part 2 The global perspective: strategies for large area mapping
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Part 3 Taking a closer look: biophysical indicators of vegetation and soils
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Part 4 Stories behind pixels: process-based assessment of geospatial data