Evolution of the studies about desertification in the Brazilian Northeast

Authors

  • Marta Celina Linhares Sales Universidade Federal do Piauí. Departamento de Geografia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2179-0892.geousp.2003.123813

Keywords:

Desertification, methodologies, Brazilian northeast

Abstract

Starting from a breaf environmental characterization of the northeast area and inserting the theme of the desertificação in the regional studies, it was possible to select the main works accomplished in regional scale, which were here presented in detail. The objective is to show the results found up to now, to compare the employed methodologies and to suggest possible roads to be taken in the studies of the desertification in the Brazilian Northeast

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Author Biography

  • Marta Celina Linhares Sales, Universidade Federal do Piauí. Departamento de Geografia
    Professora Assistente do Departamento de Geografia e História da Universidade Federal do Piauí e Pesquisadora do TROPEN

Published

2003-12-17

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How to Cite

SALES, Marta Celina Linhares. Evolution of the studies about desertification in the Brazilian Northeast. GEOUSP Espaço e Tempo (Online), São Paulo, Brasil, v. 7, n. 2, p. 9–19, 2003. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2179-0892.geousp.2003.123813. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/geousp/article/view/123813.. Acesso em: 6 may. 2025.