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" The Arid Frontier Interactive Management of Environment and Development. "
Bruins, Hendrik J.
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775399
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b595394
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Bruins, Hendrik J.
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The Arid Frontier Interactive Management of Environment and Development.\ Bruins, Hendrik J.
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Springer Verlag, 2013
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9401148880
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: 9789401148887
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Part One: A Management Approach to Environment and Development. 1. Proactive Planning and Interactive Management in Arid Frontier Development; H.J. Bruins, H. Lithwick. Part Two: Environmental Policy, Planning and Management: National, Regional and Multinational Dimensions. 2. Drought Planning in the United States: Status and Future Directions; D.A. Wilhite, M.J. Hayes. 3. Interregional Environmental Policy in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin; J.M. Powell. 4. Environmental Law and Management in the Gulf of Aqaba; D. Sandler. Part Three: Desertification and Climatic Variability in Arid Environments. 5. Bioclimatic Aridity, Climatic Variability, Drought and Desertification: Definitions and Management Options; H.J. Bruins, P.R. Berliner. 6. Environmental Science and Desertification at the Arid Frontier; A. Warren. 7. Human-made Desertification in the Aral Sea Basin: Planning and Management Failures; M. Mainguet, R. Letolle. 8. Drought Risk Assessment for Dryland Agriculture in Semi-arid Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, India; T.J. Dietz, et al. Part Four: Drought, Food and Land Management in Africa. 9. Traditional Management of Drought and Famine in Kenya; J.J. Akong'a, J.N. Kareithi. 10. Land Tenure Frontiers and Food Security among Maasai Pastoralists in Kenya; M.M.E.M. Rutten. 11. Gestion de Terroir at the Frontier: Village Land Management of Peasants and Pastoralists in Benin; L. De Haan. 12. Wild Plants as Food Security in Namibia and Senegal; P. Van Damme. Part Five:Management of Water Resources. 13. Irrigation Development: Proactive Planning and Interactive Management; L. Shanan. 14. Drought and Water Management in California; M. Roos. 15. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Management Mega-Projects in India and China; H. El-Bihbety, H. Lithwick. Part Six: Renewable Energy for Development of Arid Lands. 16. Solar Energy in Arid Frontiers: Designing a Photovoltaic Power Plant for Kibbutz Samar, Israel; D. Faiman. 17. Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy: Geothermal Power in Arid Regions; T. Meidav. 18. The Fuelwood Crisis in Arid Zones: Runoff Agriculture for Renewable Energy Production; B. Sauerhaft, et al. 19. Lightweight Housing in Arid Zones: Thermal Conflict and Energy Use; D. Pearlmutter, I.A. Meir.
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GE300.B785 2013
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Bruins, Hendrik J.
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Lithwick, Harvey
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