Drylands : environmental management and development /
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| Author / Creator: | Beaumont, Peter, 1940- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. |
| Description: | xix, 536 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge natural environment--problems and management series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1472216 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Systematic Study of Drylands
- 1. Nature of the Dryland Environment
- 2. Human Use of Drylands
- 3. Intensive Use of the Dryland Environment
- 4. Extensive Use of the Dryland Environment
- Part 2. Regional Resource Management - Case Studies
- 5. The Sahara and Central Australia: Pstoralism Under Different Management Systems
- 6. River Basin Development: the Nile and the Colorado
- 7. Oases: Isfahan and Salt Lake City
- 8. The Great Plains of the USA: Changing Patterns of Exploitation
- 9. Rapid Economic Development in the Gulf: The Impact of Oil Revenues
- 10. Israel: Integrated Water Development
- 11. Soviet Central Asia: Water Transfer and Irrigation Development
- 12. The Los Angeles Conurbation: Problems of Environmental Management and Resource Provision
- Part 3. Prospect
- 13. The Future of the Drylands
- Bibliography
- Index