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The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought

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Table A.2—Continued<br />

Author Region Methods Used<br />

Prince et al. 2007 Africa—Sahel Using RUE to describe the difficulty <strong>of</strong> estimating the RUE for nondegraded l<strong>and</strong> at a regional scale. Answer to<br />

the article by Hein <strong>and</strong> de Ridder (2006).<br />

Hill et al. 2008 European Mediterranean Adaptation <strong>of</strong> the syndrome approach to the Iberian peninsula. Characterization <strong>of</strong> vegetation dynamics based<br />

Helldén <strong>and</strong> Tottrup<br />

2008<br />

Omuto <strong>and</strong> Vargas<br />

2009<br />

Mediterranean basin, Sahel from the<br />

Atlantic to the Red Sea, major parts <strong>of</strong><br />

dryl<strong>and</strong>s in Southern Africa, China-<br />

Mongolia, <strong>and</strong> South America,<br />

on NDVI U.S. National Oceanic <strong>and</strong> Atmospheric Association (NOAA) AVHRR.<br />

NOAA AVHRR data for desertification monitoring over a regional <strong>and</strong> global level; Global Inventory Modeling<br />

<strong>and</strong> Mapping Studies 8-kilometer global NDVI dataset; rainfall dataset for 1981–2003<br />

Somalia, Northwest Risk <strong>of</strong> soil loss in northwestern Somalia; testing the use <strong>of</strong> pedometrics, remote sensing (<strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong>sat ETM+<br />

imagery), limited field data collection, <strong>and</strong> revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE)<br />

Gao <strong>and</strong> Liu 2010 China—Tongyu County, Northeast China Monitoring l<strong>and</strong> cover changes with satellite imagery. Change detection between data from 1992 <strong>and</strong> 2002.<br />

Source: Authors compilation.<br />

Notes: a Bare soils show a higher reflectance in the visible b<strong>and</strong>s, while green vegetation strongly absorbs it. This method can be useful in assessing wind degradation by the movement <strong>of</strong> s<strong>and</strong><br />

dunes.<br />

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