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Deserts: the encroaching wilderness : a world conservation atlas
Deserts: the encroaching wilderness : a world conservation atlas
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Oxford University Press
Publication Date
1993
Language
English
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The desert
What are deserts?
Why are there deserts?
Climate
Deserts of the past
Water in the desert
Drought
The arid landscape
Desert landforms
Sculpted by water
Seas of sand
Wind erosion
Soils - Dust
Moving sand and dustorms
Floods
Life in the desert
Plant survival
Smaller plants
Desert invertebrates
Mammals
Adapting to extremes
The desert ecosystem
Peoples of the arid world
Desert peoples
Shelter
Shelter: the Islamic tradition
Clothing
Food and nutrition
Tools and implements
Customs and religion
Islam
Town and cities
Growth with wealth
Desert resources
The riches of the desert
Herding and ranching
Traditional farming
Modern water strategies
Reshaping the land
Remote groundwater
Oil and gas
Mining and minerals
Desertification
The atlas
The world's deserts
The Sahara Desert
East Africa
The Kalahari and Namib
The Arabian Peninsula
Iran, Pakistan and India
Central Asia
The Gobi Desert
Tibet
The Great Plains
The Great Basin
Arizona and California
Coastal Chile and Peru
The Andes and Patagonia
Deserts of Australia
The challenge of conservation
Deserts on the brink
Human impacts
Exploitation and development
Desert conservation.
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Contributors
Allan, Tony
Warren, Andrew
ISBN
9780195209419
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