Dry : life without water /

Dry : life without water /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Description:	192 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Human ecology -- Arid regions. Desert ecology -- Arid regions. Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Arid regions. Water-supply -- Arid regions. Water and civilization -- Arid regions. Water resources development -- Arid regions. Desert reclamation -- Arid regions. Desert resources development -- Arid regions. Desert ecology. Desert reclamation. Desert resources development. Human ecology. Indigenous peoples -- Ecology. Water and civilization. Water resources development. Water-supply. Arid regions -- Environmental conditions.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5889435

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Other authors / contributors:	Masood, Ehsan. Schaffer, Daniel, 1950-
ISBN:	0674022246 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Why Dry?
Sudan's camel healers
Burkina Faso's forest nurseries
Innovation in Namibia
Wetland conservation the Maasai way
Green and dry in China
Drought-proofing with a difference in India
Pakistan's dams miracle
High and dry in Nepal
Chile's fog catchers
New life for Brazil's goat town
Moving mountains in Mexico
Going for gold in the Andes
Saving Egypt's songbird
Reclaiming Jordan's Badia
The wisdom of Morocco's women
Oman's rose gardens
Author biographies
Further reading
Index
Acknowledgements Picture credits