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Main Title Arid lands : a geographical appraisal /
Author Hills, Edwin Sherbon
Publisher Methuen ; Unesco,
Year Published 1966
OCLC Number 00491368
ISBN 041628650X; 9780416286502
Subjects Arid regions ; Trockengebiet ; Aridity and arid regions ; Ecology ; Geography ; Reclamation ; Soils and Soil erosion ; Water and water use ; REGIONES ARIDAS
Additional Subjects Arid regions
Holdings
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EJBM  GB611.H5 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/01/1988
Collation xviii, 461 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, maps, tables, diagrams ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
Arid lands and human problems / E.S. Hills -- The world's arid areas / Gilbert F. White -- Arid zone meteorology / C.C. Wallen -- Geomorphology / E.S. Hills, C.D. Ollier -- Water supply, use and management / F. Dixey -- Soils of arid lands / T.N. Jewitt -- Deserts in the past / K.W. Butzer -- Plant life in deserts / M. Kassas -- Animal of the desert / E.B. Edney -- Man in arid lands: I -- endemic cultures / D.H.K. Amiran -- Man in arid lands: II -- patterns of occupance / D.H.K. Amiran -- Irrigation in arid lands / Herbert Greene -- Small-scale industry and crafts in arid regions / X. DePlanhol -- Industrialisation / E.S. Hills -- The use of arid and semi-arid land / R.O. Whyte -- The improvement of animals through introductions and breeding / G.R. Moule -- The individual in the desert / Douglas H.K. Lee -- Social life in the arid zones / Lawrence Krader -- Deserts as producing regions today / Gilbert F. White -- Research and the future of arid lands / E.S. Hills.