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Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Arid zone Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yair Mundlak
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Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Arid Zone Development written by Yair Mundlak and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Symposium of Arid Zone Development, 1975
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Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Arid zone development written by Symposium of Arid Zone Development, 1975 and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hilton Kramer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135148589X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book The Arid Zones written by Hilton Kramer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hot and temperate deserts and their marginal steppe lands comprise one-third of the land surface of the world and are an increasingly critical area for the economic wellbeing of world populations. The remarkable mechanisms of floral, faunal, and human adaptation to the distinct and difficult environment of these arid zones, as well as the potential of modern technology for facilitating adaptation, are described and explained by Walton in the light of our most recent knowledge of the phenomena and processes involved.Beginning with a clarification of the definitions of arid and semi-arid regions and with the delineation of techniques for measuring the degree of aridity in these areas, the author shows that there is wide variation among the arid zones in landscape and climate and that there are numerous local and microclimates within any single arid region. The life cycles of the plants and animals of the arid zones are described and the water resources, including problems of salinity, mineral contamination, and the construction of reservoirs, are examined. Extensive treatment is given to potential agricultural adaptations and to pastoralism as the most widespread response to dry land. A final chapter summarizes attempts at adaptation to prevailing drought and discusses the kinds of future development that the author deems most likely in arid zones.Throughout the book emphasis is placed on specific, detailed analysis, with adequate tables and formulas for in-depth understanding of particular aspects of aridity. Examples from both Old and New Worlds are used to demonstrate the spheres in which progress is being made and to show the mistakes in past and present land use in arid areas. An essential supplement for courses in physical geography, the book will be useful in many area studies and in studies of economic development.
Author : Enrique Campos-Lopez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429705069
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions written by Enrique Campos-Lopez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.
Author : Diana K. Davis
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262034522
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 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.
Author : Enrique Campos-Lopez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429705069
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions written by Enrique Campos-Lopez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.
Author : Yair Mundlak
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (118 download)
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Author : Haracharan Singh Mann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Arid Zone Research and Development written by Haracharan Singh Mann and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Unesco
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Trends in Research and in the Application of Science and Technology for Arid Zone Development written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : Bertram Thomas Dickson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Guide Book to Research Data for Arid Zone Development written by Bertram Thomas Dickson and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Enrique Campos-Lopez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367169381
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (693 download)
Download or read book Natural Resources and Development in Arid Regions written by Enrique Campos-Lopez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.
Author : Hendrik J. Bruins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401148880
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Arid Frontier written by Hendrik J. Bruins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arid frontier has been a challenge for humanity from time immemorial. Drylands cover more than one-third of the global land surface, distributed over Africa, Asia, Australia, America and Southern Europe. Disasters may develop as a result of complex interactions between drought, desertification and society. Therefore, proactive planning and interactive management, including disaster-coping strategies, are essential in dealing with arid-frontier development. This book presents a conceptual framework with case studies in dryland development and management. The option of a rational and ethical discourse for development that is beneficial for both the environment and society is emphasized, avoiding extreme environmentalism and human destructionism, combating both desertification and human livelihood insecurity. Such development has to be based on appropriate ethics, legislation, policy, proactive planning and interactive management. Excellent scholars address these issues, focusing on the principal interactions between people and dryland environments in terms of drought, food, land, water, renewable energy and housing. Audience: This volume will be of great value to all those interested in Dryland Development and Management: professionals and policy-makers in governmental, international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as researchers, lecturers and students in Geography, Environmental Management, Regional Studies, Development Anthropology, Hazard and Disaster Management, Agriculture and Pastoralism, Land and Water Use, African Studies, and Renewable Energy Resources.
Author : Matlock W. G.
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9783718600519
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Realistic Planning for Arid Lands written by Matlock W. G. and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yehuda Gradus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400953968
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Desert Development written by Yehuda Gradus and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that approximately one-third of the world's land mass is arid desert may be congenial for the camel and the cactus, but not for people. Nevertheless, well over half a billion people, or 15% of the world's population live in arid desert areas. If the world's population were distributed evenly over the land surface, we would expect to find about 30% of the population inhabiting arid desert areas. Does the fact that 'only' 15% of the world's population live in an arid desert environment reflect the harshness of the environment? Or is it a testimony to the adaptability and ingenuity of mankind? Do we view the glass as half-full? Or half-empty? The contributors to Desert Development: Man and Technology in Sparselands adopt the position that the cup is half-full and, in fact, could be filled much more. Indeed, many arid desert zones do thrive with life, and given appropriate technological develop ment, such areas could support even greater popUlations. While the dire Malthusian prediction that rapid world population growth exceeds the carrying capacity of existent resource systems has gained popularity (typified by the 1972 Club of Rome book, Limits to Growth), there is a growing body of serious work which rejects such pessimistic 'depletion' models, in favor of models which are mildly optimistic.
Author : David H. K. Amiran
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Arid Zone Development written by David H. K. Amiran and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
