Desert Development
Man and Technology in Sparselands
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-…
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- ISBN: 978-94-009-5396-3
- EAN: 9789400953963
- Produktnummer: 38257755
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 340 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Auflage: 1985
- Reihenbandnummer: 4
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