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
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Global Warming & Climate ChangeTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- I Arid Lands and Human Problems
- II The World's Arid Areas
- III Arid Zone Meteorology
- IV Geomorphology
- V Water Supply, Use and Management
- VI Soils of Arid Lands
- VII Deserts in the Past
- VIII Plant Life in Deserts
- IX Animals of the Desert
- X Man in Arid Lands I – Endemic Cultures
- XI Man in Arid Lands: II – Patterns of Occupance
- XII Irrigation in Arid Lands
- XIII Small-Scale Industry and Crafts in Arid Regions
- XIV Industrialisation
- XV The Use of Arid and Semi-Arid Land
- XVI The Improvement of Animals through Ontroductions and Breeding
- XVII The Individual in the Desert
- XVIII Social Life in the Arid Zones
- XIX Deserts as Producing Regions Today
- XX Research and the Future of Arid Lands
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