Arid Lands: A Geographical AppriasalE. S. Hills 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 |
Contents
Arid Lands and Human Problems | 1 |
The Worlds Arid Areas | 15 |
Arid Zone Meteorology | 31 |
Geomorphology | 53 |
Water Supply Use and Management | 77 |
Soils of Arid Lands | 103 |
Deserts in the Past | 127 |
Plant Life in Deserts | 145 |
Man in Arid Lands IIPatterns of Occupance | 239 |
Irrigation in Arid Lands | 255 |
Smallscale Industry and Crafts in Arid Regions | 273 |
Industrialisation | 287 |
The Use of Arid and SemiArid Land | 301 |
The lmprovement of Animals through Introductions and Breeding | 363 |
The Individual in the Desert | 387 |
Social Life in the Arid Zones | 405 |
Animals of the Desert | 181 |
Man in Arid Lands I Endemic Cultures | 219 |
Deserts as Producing Regions Today | 421 |
Research and the Future of Arid Lands | 439 |
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