GLOBALIZING DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT PROBLEM: THE VULNERABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Cover Image

KÜRESELLEŞEN ÇÖLLEŞME VE KURAKLIK SORUNU: ULUSLARARASI SİSTEMDE EKİLEBİLİR TARIM ALANLARININ KIRILGANLIĞI
GLOBALIZING DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT PROBLEM: THE VULNERABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Author(s): Bülend Aydın ERTEKİN
Subject(s): Agriculture, Environmental Geography, Environmental interactions, Globalization
Published by: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
Keywords: Desertification; drought; arable agriculture; food insecurity; hunger; vulnerability;

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses globally on the effects of desertification and drought on agricultural lands. Desertification, which shows more its effects from region to region all over the world and particularly on certain continents, contains factors that will disturb the human future. One of these negative factors is the risk of creating food vulnerability by directly damaging agricultural areas. The risk of desertification reducing the quality of human life and threatening other living plants and habitats is a very important issue that should be highlighted by the international system. In this context, the study draws attention to the negative impact of global desertification, as well as the reduction of agricultural and arable land and the risks of declining crop yields. Among other problems caused by desertification, the study emphasizes socioeconomic instability due to migration and climate-related conflicts, world hunger and lack of grain and food. In the study, the literature on global desertification, drought and arable agricultural land was searched and selected source information from the literature is included in the study. In addition, the study was supported by maps, graphs, and tables, as well as desertification researches and analyzes. Due to the limitation of the pages, other factors, such as global warming triggering desertification, have not been addressed, and environmental issues, which are directly damaged by desertification other than arable agricultural areas, are excluded from the field of this study.

  • Issue Year: 8/2020
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 754-778
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish