Recent Advances In Environmental Science From The Euro Mediterranean And Surrounding Regions 3rd Edition

Author : Mohamed Ksibi,Abdelazim Negm,Olfa Hentati,Achraf Ghorbal,Arturo Sousa,Jesus Rodrigo-Comino,Sandeep Panda,José Lopes Velho,Ahmed M. El-Kenawy,Nicola Perilli
Publisher : Springer
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Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 303143921X

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) by Mohamed Ksibi,Abdelazim Negm,Olfa Hentati,Achraf Ghorbal,Arturo Sousa,Jesus Rodrigo-Comino,Sandeep Panda,José Lopes Velho,Ahmed M. El-Kenawy,Nicola Perilli Pdf

This edited book includes over one hundred and eighty short papers that were presented during the third edition of EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia, in June 2021. Nowadays, experts as well as most of the general public know that the Mediterranean and surrounding regions are facing environmental degradation that is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. The main causes are the natural and human induced climate change, increasing pollution, urban growth, and the overexploitation and unsustainable use of resources due to rapid population growth. The effects are seen in several indicators such as the warming, more frequent extreme events, severe droughts, water shortages, contraction of natural resources, changes in land use and landscape deterioration, decreasing agricultural yields, biodiversity loss, deterioration of the ecosystems, corrosion of the natural coastal environment, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification. In addition to these more recent issues, the Mediterranean and surrounding region naturally experience a number of hazards such as floods, droughts, desertification, fires, catastrophic forest diebacks, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. By presenting a wide range of environmental topics and new findings relevant to a variety of problems in these regions, this book appeals to anyone working in the subject area and especially students interested in learning more about new developments in environmental research initiatives in light of the worsening environmental degradation of the Mediterranean and surrounding areas, making environmental and resource protection an increasingly important issue that impedes sustainable development and social well-being. The book addresses emerging environmental issues along with new challenges by focusing on innovative approaches that contribute to achieving a sustainable environment in and around the Mediterranean Sea and by highlighting to decision makers from relevant sectors the environmental considerations that should be integrated into their own activities.

Author : Mohamed Ksibi,Arturo Sousa,Olfa Hentati,Haroun Chenchouni,José Lopes Velho,Abdelazim Negm,Jesus Rodrigo-Comino,Riheb Hadji,Sudip Chakraborty,Achraf Ghorbal
Publisher : Springer
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Release : 2024-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 3031519035

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (4th Edition) by Mohamed Ksibi,Arturo Sousa,Olfa Hentati,Haroun Chenchouni,José Lopes Velho,Abdelazim Negm,Jesus Rodrigo-Comino,Riheb Hadji,Sudip Chakraborty,Achraf Ghorbal Pdf

This edited book includes more than four hundred short papers that were presented during the fourth edition of EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in November 2022. By presenting a wide range of environmental topics and new findings relevant to a variety of problems in the Mediterranean region and its surroundings, the book addresses emerging environmental issues along with new challenges by focusing on innovative approaches that contribute to achieving a sustainable environment in these regions. The book appeals to anyone working in the subject area and especially students interested in learning more about new developments in environmental research initiatives in light of the worsening environmental degradation of the Mediterranean and surrounding areas, making environmental and resource protection an increasingly important issue that impedes sustainable development and social well-being. The book addresses emerging environmental issues along with new challenges by focusing on innovative approaches that contribute to achieving a sustainable environment in and around the Mediterranean Sea and by highlighting to decision makers from relevant sectors the environmental considerations that should be integrated into their own activities.

Author : Mohamed Ksibi,Achraf Ghorbal,Sudip Chakraborty,Helder I. Chaminé,Maurizio Barbieri,Giulia Guerriero,Olfa Hentati,Abdelazim Negm,Anthony Lehmann,Jörg Römbke,Armando Costa Duarte,Elena Xoplaki,Nabil Khélifi,Gilles Colinet,João Miguel Dias,Imed Gargouri,Eric D. Van Hullebusch,Benigno Sánchez Cabrero,Settimio Ferlisi,Chedly Tizaoui,Amjad Kallel,Sami Rtimi,Sandeep Panda,Philippe Michaud,Jaya Narayana Sahu,Mongi Seffen,Vincenzo Naddeo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2249 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030512101

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition) by Mohamed Ksibi,Achraf Ghorbal,Sudip Chakraborty,Helder I. Chaminé,Maurizio Barbieri,Giulia Guerriero,Olfa Hentati,Abdelazim Negm,Anthony Lehmann,Jörg Römbke,Armando Costa Duarte,Elena Xoplaki,Nabil Khélifi,Gilles Colinet,João Miguel Dias,Imed Gargouri,Eric D. Van Hullebusch,Benigno Sánchez Cabrero,Settimio Ferlisi,Chedly Tizaoui,Amjad Kallel,Sami Rtimi,Sandeep Panda,Philippe Michaud,Jaya Narayana Sahu,Mongi Seffen,Vincenzo Naddeo Pdf

This book includes over three hundred and seventy-five short papers presented during the second EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in October 2019. After the success of the first EMCEI in 2017, the second installment tackled emerging environmental issues together with new challenges, e.g. by focusing on innovative approaches that contribute to achieving a sustainable environment in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions and by highlighting to decision makers from related sectors the environmental considerations that should be integrated into their respective activities. Presenting a wide range of environmental topics and new findings relevant to a variety of problems in these regions, this volume will appeal to anyone working in the subject area and particularly to students interested in learning more about new advances in environmental research initiatives in view of the worsening environmental degradation of the Mediterranean and surrounding regions, which has made environmental and resource protection into an increasingly important issue hampering sustainable development and social welfare.

Author : Mohamed Ksibi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031439223

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) by Mohamed Ksibi Pdf

Author : Amjad Kallel,Mohamed Ksibi,Hamed Ben Dhia,Nabil Khélifi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319705474

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions by Amjad Kallel,Mohamed Ksibi,Hamed Ben Dhia,Nabil Khélifi Pdf

This volume includes the papers presented during the 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI) which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in November 2017. This conference was jointly organized by the editorial office of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration in Sfax, Tunisia and Springer (MENA Publishing Program) in Germany. It aimed to give a more concrete expression to the Euro-Mediterranean integration process by supplementing existing North-South programs and agreements with a new multilateral scientific forum that emphasizes in particular the vulnerability and proactive remediation of the Euro-Mediterranean region from an environmental point of view. This volume gives a general and brief overview on current research focusing on emerging environmental issues and challenges and its applications to a variety of problems in the Euro-Mediterranean zone and surrounding regions. It contains over five hundred and eighty carefully refereed short contributions to the conference. Topics covered include (1) innovative approaches and methods for environmental sustainability, (2) environmental risk assessment, bioremediation, ecotoxicology, and environmental safety, (3) water resources assessment, planning, protection, and management, (4) environmental engineering and management, (5) natural resources: characterization, assessment, management, and valorization, (6) intelligent techniques in renewable energy (biomass, wind, waste, solar), (7) sustainable management of marine environment and coastal areas, (8) remote sensing and GIS for geo-environmental investigations, (9) environmental impacts of geo/natural hazards (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic, and marine hazards), and (10) the environmental health science (natural and social impacts on Human health). Presenting a wide range of topics and new results, this edited volume will appeal to anyone working in the subject area, including researchers and students interested to learn more about new advances in environmental research initiatives in view of the ever growing environmental degradation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, which has turned environmental and resource protection into an increasingly important issue hampering sustainable development and social welfare.

Author : Amjad Kallel,Mohamed Ksibi,Hamed Ben Dhia,Nabil Khélifi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1761 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319705484

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions by Amjad Kallel,Mohamed Ksibi,Hamed Ben Dhia,Nabil Khélifi Pdf

This volume includes the papers presented during the 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI) which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in November 2017. This conference was jointly organized by the editorial office of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration in Sfax, Tunisia and Springer (MENA Publishing Program) in Germany. It aimed to give a more concrete expression to the Euro-Mediterranean integration process by supplementing existing North-South programs and agreements with a new multilateral scientific forum that emphasizes in particular the vulnerability and proactive remediation of the Euro-Mediterranean region from an environmental point of view. This volume gives a general and brief overview on current research focusing on emerging environmental issues and challenges and its applications to a variety of problems in the Euro-Mediterranean zone and surrounding regions. It contains over five hundred and eighty carefully refereed short contributions to the conference. Topics covered include (1) innovative approaches and methods for environmental sustainability, (2) environmental risk assessment, bioremediation, ecotoxicology, and environmental safety, (3) water resources assessment, planning, protection, and management, (4) environmental engineering and management, (5) natural resources: characterization, assessment, management, and valorization, (6) intelligent techniques in renewable energy (biomass, wind, waste, solar), (7) sustainable management of marine environment and coastal areas, (8) remote sensing and GIS for geo-environmental investigations, (9) environmental impacts of geo/natural hazards (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic, and marine hazards), and (10) the environmental health science (natural and social impacts on Human health). Presenting a wide range of topics and new results, this edited volume will appeal to anyone working in the subject area, including researchers and students interested to learn more about new advances in environmental research initiatives in view of the ever growing environmental degradation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, which has turned environmental and resource protection into an increasingly important issue hampering sustainable development and social welfare.

Author : Guillaume Benoit,Aline Comeau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136572821

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A Sustainable Future for the Mediterranean by Guillaume Benoit,Aline Comeau Pdf

'Here's a work arriving just at the right moment and contributingnew insights at precisely the time when public opinion remains sceptical of the not very promising future we are preparing for our children, when governments balk at explaining to their electorates the vital but unpopular decisions that have to be taken and when civil society, with few ways and means, is finally becoming involved. This remarkable work will help all actors to understand the inter-linkages between economic activities and the environment in the Mediterranean Basin and take concerted, effective action to build a positive, sustainable future' Mohamed Ennabli, former Minister of the Environment and Land Use Panning, Tunisia 'The Blue Plan has carried out a remarkable assessment of the serious environmental probems and insufficiently targeted cooperation in the Mediterranean, and also of new financing systems to be implemented, which would increase the capacities of local authorities and economic and social partners' Georges Corm, former Minister of Finance, Lebanon The Mediterranean Basin and its surrounding countries is a microcosm of the environmental and sustainability challenges facing people across the world. Depending on the development path it takes in the future, the region can either become a positive model for the regional regulation of globalization, or, more onerously, it might reinforce global instability. This unique volume is the definitive, authoritative assessment of the environment and development of the Mediterranean Basin and its 22 countries and territories, spanning five decades from 30 years in the past to 20 years into the future. Produced by the Blue Plan within the framework of UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan and backed by the EU and national governments, it brings together the work of more than 100 researchers from dozens of national, regional and local governments and research groups into the only comprehensive insight into sustainable development issues in the region. Core coverage includes water, energy, transport, cities, rural and coastal areas, as well as related issues such as climate change, population growth, geopolitical changes, unemployment and poverty, pollution, economic and environmental policies, regional cooperation and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Information is clearly presented through hundreds of full-colour maps, graphs, tables and a wealth of case studies. This is a must-have reference for all levels of government, NGOs and libraries, as well as practitioners, academics and businesses involved in economics, natural resource management, land and maritime transport, water, energy, infrastructure, urban and rural development, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, tourism and coastal management. Countries and territories covered: Spain, France, Italy, Monaco, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Preface by Lucien Chabason, Chairman of the Blue Plan.

Author : Biliana Cicin Sain,Igor Pavlin,Stefano Belfiore
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401004879

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Sustainable Coastal Management by Biliana Cicin Sain,Igor Pavlin,Stefano Belfiore Pdf

Recent assessment of progress in coastal management at the national level shows an impressive growth of efforts after the 1992 Earth Summit, particularly in Europe and the Mediterranean. This book contains regional surveys of coastal management progress in Europe and the Mediterranean since 1992, discussion regional trends, development sin decision making, and cooperative activities. It then goes on to assess national progress towards coastal management, including the development of national coastal management systems, efforts at coordinated planning and management, and the development and use of environmental codes of practice. It then examines selected priority issues in the Northern Adriatic: economic integration and regional economic development, international scientific and technological cooperation in marine affairs and coastal tourism. Finally, the book covers the use of GIS in coastal environments and coastal engineering, the role played by scientific information in coastal policy, and the importance of free trade agreements.

Author : Recep Efe,Shahina Ghazanfar,Munir Ozturk
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781443838030

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Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region by Recep Efe,Shahina Ghazanfar,Munir Ozturk Pdf

The Mediterranean Basin with its mountainous shores, high biodiversity and spectacular scenery is located at the intersection of Africa and Eurasia. Through the 8000 years of human development in this area, there have been tremendous changes in its history and biogeography. Approximately 300 million people live here today. Although the evergreen maquis, vineyards, olive plantations and natural woodlands cover the lands all over the basin, it is facing severe destruction of habitats due to deforestation, intensive grazing, fires, and in particular, a severe coastal degradation due to infrastructure development, which is changing the landscape. Both the historical heritage and geography of the land is facing a great threat due to urbanisation and fragmentation. Time has come for its inhabitants to weigh their impact on its ecogeography in order to save the biodiversity as well as the history of the basin. This book synthesises the knowledge from different disciplines so as to increase awareness among the humans in the basin.

Author : Vincenzo Naddeo,Kwang-Ho Choo,Mohamed Ksibi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031008085

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Water-Energy-Nexus in the Ecological Transition by Vincenzo Naddeo,Kwang-Ho Choo,Mohamed Ksibi Pdf

This volume includes selected contributions presented during the 3rd edition of the international conference on WaterEnergyNEXUS, which was held in Tunisia in December 2020. This conference was organized by the University of Sfax (Tunisia), in cooperation with the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED) of the University of Salerno (Italy), the Advanced Institute of Water Industry at Kyungpook National University (Korea) and The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI (India). The WaterEnergyNEXUS series of conferences are supported by the UNESCO World Water Association Programme (WWAP) and the International Water Association (IWA). It also enjoys the patronage of several international scientific societies, associations and organizations and has established a publishing partnership with Springer Nature. With the support of international experts invited as plenary and keynote speakers, the conference aimed to give a platform for Euro-Mediterranean countries to share and discuss key topics on such water-energy issues through the presentation of nature-based solutions, advanced technologies and best practices for a more sustainable environment within the framework of the ecological transition. This volume gives a general and brief overview of current research focusing on emerging Water-Energy-Nexus issues and challenges and their potential applications to various environmental problems impacting the Euro-Mediterranean zone and surrounding regions. A selection of novel and alternative solutions applied worldwide are included. The volume contains over about one hundred carefully refereed contributions from 48 Countries worldwide selected for the conference. Topics covered in the book include: Nexus framework and governance; Economic evalu ations for investment projects in the water and energy sectors; Innovation of renewable energies and challenges for the mitigation of climate change impact in the water-energy-food-nexus; Advanced technologies and nature-based solutions for the environmental sustainability of the water sector; Water and wastewater technologies for developing countries; Green technologies for sustainable water and wastewater management; Advanced technologies and nature-based solutions in water cycle; Control of hazardous substances and recovery of renewable/valuable resources; Renewable/valuable resources for recovery and utilization; Control of nutrients and hazardous compounds; Energy-saving technologies and future clean energy solutions; Future urban-energy systems with considerations of water and food security; Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy; Implementation and best practices. This volume is also an invaluable guide for industry professionals and policymakers working in the water and energy sectors.

Author : F.B. de Walle,M. Nikolopoulou-Tamvakli,W.J. Heinen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401581776

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Environmental Condition of the Mediterranean Sea by F.B. de Walle,M. Nikolopoulou-Tamvakli,W.J. Heinen Pdf

This study investigates the extent of the pollution of the Mediterranean Sea with respect to the four bordering EC countries - spain, France, Italy, and Greece. The environmental pressures and economic impacts are examined and the institutional/legal framework is described together with all the necessary environmental expenditures. The book is written in such a way that separate chapters are devoted to each of the four countries, after an initial section summarizing the major commonalities. These chapters are organized in parallel formats so that it is possible to examine the same topic country by country. Good references are provided for the reader who is not familiar with the subject of Mediterranean pollution. For specialists, the book provides a useful overview of adjacent fields other than their own speciality: for policymakers, the chapters provide sufficient foundations for decision-making: for the investment planner and banks, it provides budget and investment needs; and for the private sector, it gives an insight into the possibilities for corporate applications of environmental technologies. Four specialists - Prof. V. Silano (Italy), Dr. M. Vassilopoulos (Greece), Dr. L.A. Romafia (France), and Mr. A. Estevan (Spain- contributed sustantially by evaluating the necessary information from national documents on environmental policies and strategies. The book was developed on the basis of an integrated environmental study financed by the European Investment Bank, to which we would like to express our sincere thanks.

Author : Recep Efe
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781443857734

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Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region II by Recep Efe Pdf

The environment in ecological systems includes both physical parameters and biotic attributes, and is a holocoenotic, dynamically interlinked system. Its investigation requires a dialectical approach which examines the different parts, but integrates the organism and the environment into a dynamic whole. Environment and ecology place emphasis on the real world. Many decisions that directly or indirectly affect the balance of our environment are based on individual, community, state, national and international decisions. Given that ecological systems now also involve the economy, ecology and its relationship with the environment are taking on an increasingly important role in today’s world. This book includes 32 chapters dealing with the different aspects cited above. It discusses transhumance activities; social changes in new life environments; dendrohistorical studies; recreation and tourism based on natural resources; physical and social geographical studies on the riparian borders; threats and environmental interactions in mountain forest ecosystems; the evolution of the traditional agricultural landscapes; the landscapes of Sierra Nevada; cork oak forests and climate change; the causes of flooding; water scarcity and adaptation in agriculture; nutrient pollution in rivers; ethnobotanical studies; and phenological observations of young beech stands. The topics discussed in this book will attract the attention of students and researchers from different disciplines, and will prove fruitful for all scholars working under the umbrella of environment and ecology studies.

Author : Antonio Marquina
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400709737

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Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000–2050 by Antonio Marquina Pdf

This book addresses six key factors that will affect environmental policies in the Mediterranean region during the next fifty years: population growth, climate change, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, food production, and urbanization and pollution. The authors assess these as potential sources of violent conflict. The interdisciplinary approach makes this a relevant and useful reference for a broad range of professionals, specialists and researchers.

Author : Neil Roberts
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118687567

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The Holocene by Neil Roberts Pdf

In its first edition, The Holocene provided undergraduates with a much-needed coherent scientific account of the great transformation of nature that had taken place during the Holocene, the last 10,000 years in the history of the planet and the period in which we are all now living. This period has included major shifts in climate and human culture, and in the natural environment at every level. Completely revised and updated to take full account of the most recent advances, the new edition of this established text includes substantial material on scientific progress in the understanding of climate change and abrupt climatic events, of disturbance effects on the landscape, and of ice core records. Not only have improved dating methods, such as luminescence, been included but the timescale for the book has been moved to calendar (i.e. real) years. Coverage and supporting case study material have also been broadened and extended.

Author : Helen Briassoulis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351910514

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Policy Integration for Complex Environmental Problems by Helen Briassoulis Pdf

The quest for policy integration crystallized in the 1990s as awareness was growing that the current supply of narrow, sectoral, and little coordinated, or even overlapping and conflicting, policies could not cope efficiently and effectively with contemporary complex, cross-cutting and interdependent socio-environmental problems. Combining and coordinating policies properly promises to address this institutional misfit, "add value" to policies, support planning at national and sub-national levels, and facilitate the transition to sustainable development more generally. This book proposes a comprehensive conceptualization of policy integration and negotiates pertinent theoretical, methodological and applied issues from the perspective of selected EU policies - rural development, regional development, transport, social, economic, environmental, water resources, and biodiversity policy. Mediterranean desertification, an exceptionally complex socio-environmental problem, is used as an illustrative example as the idea for this book transpired while researching the topic of policy making to combat desertification in the context of MEDACTION, an EU-funded research project.