Assessment and mapping of desertification sensitivity with MEDALUS model and GIS – Case study: basin of Hodna, Algeria

In Algeria, desertification risk is one of the main environmental and also social and economic problems. As much as 20 million hectares of northern Algeria are highly exposed and vulnerable to desertification with large areas falling into his ‘severe’ risk category, because the present massive destr...

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Main Authors: Boudjemline Fouzia, Semar Ahcene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Water and Land Development
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jwld.2018.36.issue-1/jwld-2018-0002/jwld-2018-0002.xml?format=INT