Alternative Strategies for Desert Development and Management
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Page : 496 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Arid regions
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Page : 496 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Arid regions
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Author : United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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Page : 322 pages
File Size : 37,26 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Arid regions
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Author : Calif.) Conference on Alternative Strategies for Desert Development and Management (1977 : Sacramento
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Page : pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Arid regions
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Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 38,24 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Nature
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Author : Yehuda Gradus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 13,31 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400953968
The fact that approximately one-third of the world's land mass is arid desert may be congenial for the camel and the cactus, but not for people. Nevertheless, well over half a billion people, or 15% of the world's population live in arid desert areas. If the world's population were distributed evenly over the land surface, we would expect to find about 30% of the population inhabiting arid desert areas. Does the fact that 'only' 15% of the world's population live in an arid desert environment reflect the harshness of the environment? Or is it a testimony to the adaptability and ingenuity of mankind? Do we view the glass as half-full? Or half-empty? The contributors to Desert Development: Man and Technology in Sparselands adopt the position that the cup is half-full and, in fact, could be filled much more. Indeed, many arid desert zones do thrive with life, and given appropriate technological develop ment, such areas could support even greater popUlations. While the dire Malthusian prediction that rapid world population growth exceeds the carrying capacity of existent resource systems has gained popularity (typified by the 1972 Club of Rome book, Limits to Growth), there is a growing body of serious work which rejects such pessimistic 'depletion' models, in favor of models which are mildly optimistic.
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Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 1396 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Arid regions
ISBN : 9780080224053
Author : Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Frozen ground
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Water
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Author : United States. President
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Page : 732 pages
File Size : 38,38 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : United States. President
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Page : 332 pages
File Size : 10,36 MB
Release : 1978
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