Title | The Arid Frontier [electronic resource] : Interactive Management of Environment and Development / edited by Hendrik J. Bruins, Harvey Lithwick |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4888-7 |
Descript | XI, 385 p. online resource |
One: A Management Approach to Environment and Development -- 1. Proactive Planning and Interactive Management in Arid Frontier Development -- Two: Environmental Policy, Planning and Management: National, Regional and Multinational Dimensions -- 2. Drought Planning in the United States: Status and Future Directions -- 3. Interregional Environmental Policy in Australiaโs Murray-Darling Basin -- 4. Environmental Law and Management in the Gulf of Aqaba -- Three: Desertification and Climatic Variability in Arid Environments -- 5. Bioclimatic Aridity, Climatic Variability, Drought and Desertification: Definitions and Management Options -- 6. Environmental Science and Desertification at the Arid Frontier -- 7. Human-made Desertification in the Aral Sea Basin: Planning and Management Failures -- 8. Drought Risk Assessment for Dryland Agriculture in Semi-arid Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, India -- Four: Drought, Food and Land Management in Africa -- 9. Traditional Management of Drought and Famine in Kenya -- 10. Land Tenure Frontiers and Food Security among Maasai Pastoralists in Kenya -- 11. Gestion de Terroir at the Frontier: Village Land Management of Peasants and Pastoralists in Benin -- 12. Wild Plants as Food Security in Namibia and Senegal -- Five: Management of Water Resources -- 13. Irrigation Development: Proactive Planning and Interactive Management -- 14. Drought and Water Management in California -- 15. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Management Mega-Projects in India and China -- Six: Renewable Energy for Development of Arid Lands -- 16. Solar Energy in Arid Frontiers: Designing a Photovoltaic Power Plant for Kibbutz Samar, Israel -- 17. Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy: Geothermal Power in Arid Regions -- 18. The Fuelwood Crisis in Arid Zones: Runoff Agriculture for Renewable Energy Production -- 19. Lightweight Housing in Arid Zones: Thermal Comfort and Energy Use