IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY?
The term of “desertification” refers to a land degradation processes of arid, semiarid and sub-humid areas. Although the concept originates from Sub-Saharan Africa, desertification threatens also the area of Hungary. The greatest desertification risk is in the central part of the country, in the D...
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| description | The term of “desertification” refers to a land degradation processes of arid, semiarid and sub-humid
areas. Although the concept originates from Sub-Saharan Africa, desertification threatens also the area
of Hungary. The greatest desertification risk is in the central part of the country, in the Danube-Tisza
Interfluve where drought has always been a huge problem for the local society. Aridification processes
are mainly due to climate change. Temperature increase and precipitation decrease as well as the increase
of the frequency and amplitude of extreme events contribute to the acceleration of desertification risk.
Severe or moderate droughts occur in Hungary nearly every year. Drought frequency has increased,
primarily in the last decades. Main findings of several research projects of MEDALUS II and III EU
Framework projects (experiments on the effects of climate change on vegetation, soils and ground water
level) are summarized in the paper. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3abf2c0ee7244df58c55d33f7fae7ee62025-08-20T03:55:40ZengDebrecen University Press.Acta Geographica Debrecina. Landscape & Environment Series1789-49211789-75562016-09-01103-4242247DOI:10.21120/LE/10/3-4/18IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY?ÁDÁM KERTÉSZ0kertesza@helka.iif.huThe term of “desertification” refers to a land degradation processes of arid, semiarid and sub-humid areas. Although the concept originates from Sub-Saharan Africa, desertification threatens also the area of Hungary. The greatest desertification risk is in the central part of the country, in the Danube-Tisza Interfluve where drought has always been a huge problem for the local society. Aridification processes are mainly due to climate change. Temperature increase and precipitation decrease as well as the increase of the frequency and amplitude of extreme events contribute to the acceleration of desertification risk. Severe or moderate droughts occur in Hungary nearly every year. Drought frequency has increased, primarily in the last decades. Main findings of several research projects of MEDALUS II and III EU Framework projects (experiments on the effects of climate change on vegetation, soils and ground water level) are summarized in the paper.desertificationland degradationHungaryDanube-Tisza Interfluve |
| spellingShingle | ÁDÁM KERTÉSZ IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY? Acta Geographica Debrecina. Landscape & Environment Series desertification land degradation Hungary Danube-Tisza Interfluve |
| title | IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY? |
| title_full | IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY? |
| title_fullStr | IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY? |
| title_full_unstemmed | IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY? |
| title_short | IS DESERTIFICATION A PROBLEM IN HUNGARY? |
| title_sort | is desertification a problem in hungary |
| topic | desertification land degradation Hungary Danube-Tisza Interfluve |
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