176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
175 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1: The Nature and Causes of Aridity; 2: The Climates of the Arid Lands; 3: The Desert Landscapes; 4: The Biogeography of the Arid Lands; 5: Water Resources of the Arid Lands; 6: Cultivation in the Dry Lands; 7: Pastoralism—A Basic Dry-Land Response; 8: The Future of the Dry Lands
Biography
Hilton Kramer
