Arid Zones

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

Sommario

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

Info autore

Hilton Kramer

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hilton Kramer, Hilton Walton Kramer, Kramer Hilton, Kenneth Walton, Walton Kenneth
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138534285
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53428-5
• Pagine: 176
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Sociology, Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Lands