Arid Zones

Informationen zum Autor Hilton Kramer Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Hilton Kramer, Kenneth Walton, Walton Kenneth
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2007
• EAN: 9780202309286
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30928-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Arid zones, deserts