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" Desert Development : "
edited by Yehuda Gradus.
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BL
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726312
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b546044
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edited by Yehuda Gradus.
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Desert Development : : Man and Technology in Sparselands\ edited by Yehuda Gradus.
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985
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GeoJournal library, 4.
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(340 pages)
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9400953968
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: 9789400953963
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I: Viewpoints --;Arid Zone Development: An Appraisal towards the End of the Twentieth Century --;Social Theory Environmental Degradation --;The Political Burden of Spareseland Development: Some International Consistencies --;II: The Built Environment --;From Preconceived to Responsive Planning: Cases of Settlement Design in Arid Environments --;Planning for Comfort in Hot Dry Climatic Regions --;Desert Architecture --;The Architecture of the Extremes --;III: Provision of Services in Sparselands --;The Provision of Public Transit Services in the Arid Environment --;Health Services in Sparsely Settled Areas --;Delivering Essential Public Services to Arid Zone Nomads --;High Technology Alternatives for Educational Systems in Sparsely Settled Zones: The Case of the IsraeliDesert --;IV: High Technology In Desert Areas --;Desert Agriculture --;Past and Future --;Desert Dune Sand and Its Potential for Modern Agricultural Development --;Remote Sensing for Arid Zone Development --;Potential Impacts of Telecommunications on the Economic Activities in Sparsely Populated Regions --;V: Economic Potential and Development --;The Development of Sparsely Populated Arid Regions: An Integrative Analysis with Application to the Negev --;The Dynamics of Agricultural Development in Sparsely Populated Areas: The Case of the Arava --;Development of Tourism Resort Areas in Arid Regions --;VI: Towards The Future --;New Frontiers in Desert Research --;About the Authors.
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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. 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.
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Geography.
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GB611.E358 1985
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Yehuda Gradus
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