Title & Author:

Arid lands : a geographical appraisal / edited by E.S. Hills.

Publication:

London : Methuen ; Paris : Unesco, 1966.

Description:

xviii, 461 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, maps, tables, diagrams ; 25 cm

Series:

Methuen's advanced geographies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP28.00 0.
Library copy: former shelfmark: 91/213/.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

041628650X
9780416286502

Subject:

Arid regions.
Arid zones.
Régions arides.
Trockengebiet
Aridity and arid regions.
Ecology.
Geography.
Reclamation.
Soils and soil erosion.
Water and water use.
REGIONES ARIDAS.

Added entries:

Hills, E. Sherbon (Edwin Sherbon), editor.
African Architecture Matters
Georg Lippsmeier Collection

Holdings:

Location: Library main georg lippsmeier 297070
Call No.: BIB 243376
Status: Available