Mulligan M. auteur aut IRD Burke S. auteur aut IRD Ogilvie Andrew auteur aut IRD text bookSection eng text/pdf born digital access In the socio-economic and climatic complexity of a Mediterranean environment, desertification involves many processes and is much more spatio-temporally sophisticated than is often suggested by both the policy and academic communities. Here we examine the spatial variability of the Mediterranean environment and its agriculture-a supposed key driver of desertification in the region. We examine trends in agricultural production and climate in the region and the differences between north and south. We review the recent history of Mediterranean desertification research and its changing policy context. In particular, we examine the evidence for Mediterranean 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 Mediterranean Europe in the 1990 s. We focus particularly on the spatial heterogeneity of the Mediterranean 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. specialized DESERTIFICATION DEGRADATION DU SOL AGRICULTURE POLITIQUE AGRICOLE CLIMAT VARIABILITE CROISSANCE DEMOGRAPHIQUE OCCUPATION SPATIALE ZONE MEDITERRANEENNE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE EUROPE 068EROSOL 021CLIMAT01 Behnke RH ed. edt IRD Mortimore M ed. edt IRD 427-450 Heidelberg Springer 2016 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073837 10.1007/978-3-642-16014-1 978-3-642-16014-1 [F B010073837] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073837 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2018-10-03/010073837.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2018-10-03 2018-10-11 fdi:010073837 fre