| 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 |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| 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. |
| Place Published |
London, |
| PUB Date Free Form |
{1966} |
| Document Type |
BC |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/U |
| LCCN |
67072563 |
| Merged OCLC records |
148776469; 492886764; 993126057; 1016776777; 1031885609; 1059819167; 1152039681; 1229254766 |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
