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Author : Frances Allison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Adventures in the Arid Zone written by Frances Allison and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Georgie Rogers
Publisher : Richards Education
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Desert Adventures: Discovering the Beauty of Arid Landscapes written by Georgie Rogers and published by Richards Education. This book was released on with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an awe-inspiring journey across the world's most breathtaking arid landscapes with Desert Adventures: Discovering the Beauty of Arid Landscapes. This comprehensive guide delves into the wonders of deserts, from the vast dunes of the Sahara to the rugged outback of Australia, offering an in-depth exploration of their unique ecosystems, rich histories, and vibrant cultures. Learn about the flora and fauna that thrive in these extreme environments, uncover the best destinations for adventure activities, and gain practical tips for planning your own desert expeditions. Whether you are a seasoned traveler or a curious explorer, this book provides everything you need to experience the magic and mystery of the world's deserts. Join us as we discover the hidden beauty and profound tranquility of these remarkable landscapes.
Author : Diana K. Davis
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262333546
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Arid Lands written by Diana K. Davis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered. Deserts are commonly imagined as barren, defiled, worthless places, wastelands in need of development. This understanding has fueled extensive anti-desertification efforts—a multimillion-dollar global campaign driven by perceptions of a looming crisis. In this book, Diana Davis argues that estimates of desertification have been significantly exaggerated and that deserts and drylands—which constitute about 41% of the earth's landmass—are actually resilient and biodiverse environments in which a great many indigenous people have long lived sustainably. Meanwhile, contemporary arid lands development programs and anti-desertification efforts have met with little success. As Davis explains, these environments are not governed by the equilibrium ecological dynamics that apply in most other regions. Davis shows that our notion of the arid lands as wastelands derives largely from politically motivated Anglo-European colonial assumptions that these regions had been laid waste by “traditional” uses of the land. Unfortunately, such assumptions still frequently inform policy. Drawing on political ecology and environmental history, Davis traces changes in our understanding of deserts, from the benign views of the classical era to Christian associations of the desert with sinful activities to later (neo)colonial assumptions of destruction. She further explains how our thinking about deserts is problematically related to our conceptions of forests and desiccation. Davis concludes that a new understanding of the arid lands as healthy, natural, but variable ecosystems that do not necessarily need improvement or development will facilitate a more sustainable future for the world's magnificent drylands.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Arid Zone written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : E. S. Hills
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040004660
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Arid Lands written by E. S. Hills and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1951 UNESCO launched an Arid Zone Programme with the object of promoting research into arid regions from every relevant scientific point of view. This book, originally published in 1966, represents the range of research undertaken and gives a general conspectus of arid zone geography. 17 authors from 8 countries contributed and the book deals comprehensively with all the main areas, with specific examples used to illustrate arguments. There are chapters on meteorology, geology, geomorphology, botany and zoology and almost 50% of the book is devoted to man’s activities: irrigation and agriculture; industry; animal breeding and human survival in the desert
Author : Charles Hutchinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429702027
Total Pages : 1456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Arid Lands written by Charles Hutchinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 1456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international conference Arid Lands: Today and Tomorrow drew more than 400 participants from over 3 S countries to Tucson, Arizona, for one week in October of 19 8 S. The diversity of presenters, disciplines and subject matters addressed contributed to an interesting and informative conference. The papers presented in this volume represent the efforts of scientists and other individuals who, through their various disciplines, are addressing the problems of and opportunities presented by the arid lands of the world. A committee of five scientists reviewed for substance. relevance and their contribution to the conference the 284 abstracts that were submitted. They selected 146 for presentation at the conference and of those papers presented, 128 were received for inclusion in the proceedings.
Author : Jack Loeffler
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826323898
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Adventures with Ed written by Jack Loeffler and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No writer has had a greater influence on the American West than Edward Abbey (1927-89), author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction. This long-awaited biographical memoir by one of Abbey's closest friends is a tribute to the gadfly anarchist who popularized environmental activism in his novel The Monkey Wrench Gang and articulated the spirit of the arid West in Desert Solitaire and scores of other essays and articles. In the course of a twenty-year friendship Ed Abbey and Jack Loeffler shared hundreds of campfires, hiked thousands of miles, and talked endlessly about the meaning of life. To read Loeffler's account of his best pal's life and work is to join in their friendship. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Abbey came west to attend the University of New Mexico on the G.I. Bill. His natural inclination toward anarchism led him to study philosophy, but after earning an M.A. he rejected academic life and worked off and on for years as a backcountry ranger and fire lookout around the Southwest. His 1956 novel The Brave Cowboy launched his literary career, and by the 1970s he was recognized as an important, uniquely American voice. Abbey used his talents to protest against the mining and development of the American West. By the time of his death he had become an idol to environmentalists, writers, and free spirits all over the West. "Ed Abbey and Jack Loeffler were like Don Quijote and Sancho Panza. Loeffler delivers his friend, warts and all on a platter full of reverence and irreverence and carefully researched factual information, interspersed with hearty laughter and much serious consideration of all life's Great Questions. Jack's story elucidates and demythifies the Abbey legend, giving us powerful flesh and blood instead."--John Nichols
Author : Graciela Schneier-Madanes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048127769
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions written by Graciela Schneier-Madanes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International voices fill the pages of Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions, forming an original scientific exploration of current water research and management issues. In arid regions, agriculture that is ill-adapted to the environment, accelerated urbanization, poverty, and increasing pollution challenge access to and uses of water. Understanding these issues requires incorporating findings from both the physical and social sciences at different temporal and spatial scales. The chapters in this book were written by hydrologists, remote sensing specialists, ecologists, historians, economists, political scientists, architects, archaeologists, and other experts who live in and study arid lands. The authors present updates, overviews, and analyses of water challenges these areas have faced and are striving to address, from salinization in the fabled Taklimakan Desert in China to land degradation in the northern Mediterranean to groundwater over-exploitation in the southwestern United States. The book also examines desertification, remote sensing, qanat systems, architecture, arsenic contamination, and other case studies from Iran, the Maghreb region, Argentina and Chile, and Mexico. From this conceptual mosaic of comparative perspectives and research methods emerges a strong assumption: an interdisciplinary approach that combines physical and social sciences is the first step toward globally and comprehensively addressing water and sustainability."This book is a valuable and welcome contribution to the discussion of water and sustainable development. Through the collection of chapters, the book clearly illustrates the contemporary diversity of approaches to water scarcity and presents pertinent and new research findings that readers generally do not find compiled together. The result is a highly relevant, accessible, and timely resource that is unique in its international and interdisciplinary content. This is a must-read for anyone working on environmental and sustainability issues in arid lands."André Mariotti, University Pierre et Marie Curie, and INSU - CNRS (National Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy-National Center for Scientific Research/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), France "Anyone who reads this book will find himself or herself contemplating the need to rethink how we approach the issue of water and sustainability in arid lands. Drawing on the expertise of both physical and social scientists, the chapters taken as a whole present global, historic, and current perspectives on water scarcity in a multi-layered way that rarely has been done before." Miguel Solanes, Madrid Water Institute, Spain
Author : M. Batisse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The UNESCO Water Adventure written by M. Batisse and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Georganne O'Connor
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Northwest Arid Lands written by Georganne O'Connor and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough and detailed natural history of the Columbia Basin shrub-steppe country.
Author : Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma
Publisher : Academic Guru Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8119025989
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Fundamentals Of Arid Zone Ecology written by Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma and published by Academic Guru Publishing House. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Arid Zone Ecology include a wide range of landforms, soils, animal and plant life, water balances, and human activities. It is impossible to pin down exactly what conditions qualify as "arid" because of this variation. Nevertheless, aridity itself is the common thread that ties together the world's driest places. The degree of aridity is often quantified as a function of average annual precipitation and average annual temperature. A region is deemed to be dry when there is a significant dearth of water resources, to the point that plant and animal growth and development are hampered or prevented. Arid regions are sometimes described as xeric or desertic because of their absence of flora. Foundations of Arid Zone Ecology, including geography, physiography, and Rajasthan's climate, are some of the primary themes covered in this book. Another is how to comprehend how deserts arise and are distributed. The book also discusses how wastelands are distributed and how plants and animals may adapt to dry environments, both of which are important in this topic. Also, we discuss the ecological effects of the Indira Gandhi Canal in this book.
Author : Gideon Golany
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471029489
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (294 download)
Download or read book Urban Planning for Arid Zones written by Gideon Golany and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1978 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects studies by 19 contributors in diverse fields that define the problems of urban planning in arid climates, along with proposed solutions.
Author : Award Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782700180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Desert Adventure written by Award Staff and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the adventures of YooHoo and friends as they search for missing Greens from the Tree of Life, in a bid to save their planet, Yootopia.
Author : Rosemary Howe Morrow
Publisher : Interactive Publications
ISBN 13 : 0980325897
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)
Download or read book A Demanding and Uncertain Adventure written by Rosemary Howe Morrow and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest issue of the James Backhouse Lecture Series looks at the issue of Earth restoration from a religious perspective. The author is passionate about restoring environments and considers permaculture 'sacred' knowledge to be carried and shared with others.
Author : Perrin Selcer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231548230
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment written by Perrin Selcer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the Second World War, internationalists identified science as both the cause of and the solution to world crisis. Unless civilization learned to control the unprecedented powers science had unleashed, global catastrophe was imminent. But the internationalists found hope in the idea of world government. In The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment, Perrin Selcer argues that the metaphor of “Spaceship Earth”—the idea of the planet as a single interconnected system—exemplifies this moment, when a mix of anxiety and hope inspired visions of world community and the proliferation of international institutions. Selcer tells the story of how the United Nations built the international knowledge infrastructure that made the global-scale environment visible. Experts affiliated with UN agencies helped make the “global”—as in global population, global climate, and global economy—an object in need of governance. Selcer traces how UN programs such as UNESCO’s Arid Lands Project, the production of a soil map of the world, and plans for a global environmental-monitoring system fell short of utopian ambitions to cultivate world citizens but did produce an international community of experts with influential connections to national governments. He shows how events and personalities, cultures and ecologies, bureaucracies and ideologies, decolonization and the Cold War interacted to make global knowledge. A major contribution to global history, environmental history, and the history of development, this book relocates the origins of planetary environmentalism in the postwar politics of scale.
Author : Sharon Hamblin
Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781588435163
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Adventure Guide Maui written by Sharon Hamblin and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel guide to hotels, restaurants, shopping sights and activities.
