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Dry times : blueprint for a red land / Mark Stafford Smith and Julian Cribb.

Title
Dry times : blueprint for a red land / Mark Stafford Smith and Julian Cribb.
Author
Stafford Smith, Mark.
Publication
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2010.

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Cribb, Julian
Description
viii, 176 p. : ill., map; 27 cm.
Summary
With knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story. Dry Times: Blueprint for a Red Land provides new insights into how our desert environments and institutions work - and how this affects the people living in them, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal alike.
Subject
  • Arid regions ecology > Australia
  • Arid regions agriculture > Australia
  • Biodiversity > Australia
  • Sustainable development > Australia
  • Natural resources > Australia > Management
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references(p. 151-159) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Dramatic deserts -- Spreading deserts: past and future -- What drives deserts? -- Desert survivors -- Living off a lean landscape -- Dry but smart: tomorrow's desert business -- Surprising settlements -- Tantalising technologies -- Desert democrats -- Deserts and our future.
ISBN
  • 9780643095274 (pbk)
  • 0643095276 (pbk)
OCLC
433534931
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library