The rising population and reduction in the amount of land and some other resources have created tremendous pressure on current agricultural producers to meet the increasing food demands. To cope with this challenge, certain key inputs, such as fertilizers and other chemicals, are overused, which are worsening the surroundings. This intensive agricultural production without adherence to ecological sustainability has led to declining soil health, land degradation, and severe environmental problems.

The dramatic growth of the world’s population is increasing the pressure on natural resources, particularly on soil systems. At the same time, inappropriate agricultural practices are causing widespread soil degradation. Improved management of soil resources and identification of the potential agricultural capability of soils is therefore needed to prevent further land degradation, particularly in dryland areas such as Egypt. Here, we present a case study in the El-Fayoum depression (Northern Egypt) to model and map soil suitability for 12 typical Mediterranean crops.

Global climate change and its influence on human migration have caused heated debates. There is no consensus about the role of environmental change in shaping migration decisions. To amass more evidence and develop a deeper understanding of the relations between the environment and migration, this paper seeks to evaluate the importance of various drivers (economic, social, political, demographic, and environmental drivers) and determine the internal mechanism in the decision process.

Grassland biomass is the embodiment of grassland productivity, and the material basis for the maintenance of the grassland ecosystem. Grassland is the main vegetation type in the Mongolian Plateau. Grassland changes in the core region of the China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative have an important impact on regional ecology, environmental conservation, and sustainable development.

Agroforestry represents a solution to land degradation by agriculture, but social barriers to wider application of agroforestry persist. More than half of all cropland in the USA is leased rather than owner-operated, and the short terms of most leases preclude agroforestry. Given insufficient research on tenure models appropriate for agroforestry in the USA, the primary objective of this study was to identify examples of farmers practicing agroforestry on land they do not own.

The increasingly serious problem of land degradation has a direct impact on the ecosystem and sustainable development in Mongolia. The influence of land degradation on the main China–Mongolia–Russia traffic arteries is currently unclear and poses a risk to the construction of transportation infrastructure. In this study, for the first time, we obtained land cover data from 1990, 2010, and 2015, at a 30 m, resolution based on the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) images along the China–Mongolia railway (Mongolia section).

Land degradation poses a major threat to agricultural production and food security in Ethiopia, and sustainable land management (SLM) is key in dealing with its adverse impacts. This paper examines the covariates that shape rural livelihood diversification and examines their effects on the intensity of adoption of SLM practices. Household-level data were collected in 2017 from 270 households in three drought-prone watersheds located in northwestern Ethiopia. We used the Herfindahl–Simpson diversity index to explore the extent of livelihood diversification.

Northern Iraq as part of Iraq has been witnessed a great population increment last few decades However housing stress in Northern Iraq has risen due to that Environmental economic and social sustainability became crucial in the movement towards a more effective built environment and community nowadays This research seeks to evaluate the presence of sustainability aspects environmental economic and social in the housing sector which makes them acquired and affordable for lowincome earners in Northern Iraq Housing projects as case studies were investigated in Erbil the capital of Northern Ira

Urban displacements are a major challenge for the economic and social development of the city and are a sign of the quality of life They are defined by less congestion less pollution congestion and urban sprawl In Algeria the new urban policies are seen as the beginning of a positive transformation of the citys situation which degradation seems to have originated in a lack of coordination between planning the deregulation of the transport sector and the urban planning of cities Therefore it is necessary to develop a transportation policy based on a logic of sustainable development of the ur

This research reviewed Nigerias environmental laws within the context of Agenda 21 at the three levels of water forest degradation and solid waste management with the intent of evaluating the importance of Agenda 21 on environmental sustainability in the country Furthermore the study examined Nigerias environmental laws to determine its effectiveness In this way the study provided information on the effectiveness and extent of United Nations interventions on environmental issues in Nigeria thereby revealing the gap between such interventions and actual environmental challenges of the countr

Locating on North West of Iran Tabriz the capital of East Azerbaijan Province is one of the important metropolises of the country The foundation of this historic city dated back to 1500 BC but due to the severe earthquakes few historic buildings remained from ancient eras In 2012 Tabriz was selected as the most beautiful city of Iran and it is nominated as the tourism capital of Islamic countries in 2018 Tabriz used to be the capital of Iran during different dynasties like Ilkhanid Kara Koyunlu Ak Koyunlu and Safavid it was the residence of the royal family and crown prince during the Qajar

The Algerian Berber region was animated by a network of human settlements built according to the urban model of the Islamic medina and its traditional habitat of adobe Various rural and urban development and transformation of planning and living spaces have recently come under the pressure of rapid urban growth This study aims to analyze and compare Berber domestic spaces across a sample of houses from Aures valley this region of Algeria which presents distinctive geological geographical and historical characteristics The study will look first at the houses then at similarities and differen