@incollection{fdi:010073837,
  title = {{M}uch more than simply "desertification" : understanding agricultural sustainability and change in the {M}editerranean},
  author = {{M}ulligan, {M}. and {B}urke, {S}. and {O}gilvie, {A}ndrew},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the socio-economic and climatic complexity of a {M}editerranean environment, desertification involves many processes and is much more spatio-temporally sophisticated than is often suggested by both the policy and academic communities. {H}ere we examine the spatial variability of the {M}editerranean environment and its agriculture-a supposed key driver of desertification in the region. {W}e examine trends in agricultural production and climate in the region and the differences between north and south. {W}e review the recent history of {M}editerranean desertification research and its changing policy context. {I}n particular, we examine the evidence for {M}editerranean desertification, and what we now understand of it, with the hindsight of three decades of research and having 'come out of the other side' of decadal drought events that prompted large-scale concern over the desertification of {M}editerranean {E}urope in the 1990 s. {W}e focus particularly on the spatial heterogeneity of the {M}editerranean and the implications of this heterogeneity for understanding perceived desertification in the region, and explore implications for land use and management policy-making, indicating the need for a much more locally nuanced approach.},
  keywords = {{DESERTIFICATION} ; {DEGRADATION} {DU} {SOL} ; {AGRICULTURE} ; {POLITIQUE} {AGRICOLE} ; {CLIMAT} ; {VARIABILITE} ; {CROISSANCE} {DEMOGRAPHIQUE} ; {OCCUPATION} {SPATIALE} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE} ; {CHANGEMENT} {CLIMATIQUE} ; {EUROPE}},
  booktitle = {{E}nd of desertification ? {D}isputing environmental change in the drylands},
  numero = {},
  pages = {427--450},
  address = {{H}eidelberg},
  publisher = {{S}pringer},
  series = {{S}pringer {E}arth {S}ystem {S}ciences},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-3-642-16014-1},
  ISBN = {978-3-642-16014-1},
  ISSN = {2197-9596},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073837},
}