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Social and technological management in dry lands : past and present, indigenous and imposed

Title
Social and technological management in dry lands : past and present, indigenous and imposed / edited by Nancie L. González.
Publication
Boulder, Colo. : Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 1978.

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Additional Authors
González, Nancie L. Solien, 1929-2020
Description
xvi, 199 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
AAAS selected symposium ; 10
Uniform Title
AAAS selected symposium ; 10.
Subject
  • Human ecology
  • Arid regions agriculture > Environmental aspects
  • Desertification > Social aspects
  • Droughts > Social aspects
  • Human ecology > Canada > Statistics > Periodicals
  • Arid regions agriculture
  • Droughts
  • Écologie humaine > Canada > Statistiques > Périodiques
  • Agriculture des régions arides
  • Désertification > Aspect social
  • Sécheresses
  • Écologie humaine
  • Agriculture des régions arides > Aspect de l'environnement
  • Sécheresses > Aspect social
  • human ecology
  • drought
  • Droughts
  • Arid regions agriculture
  • Arid regions agriculture Environmental aspects
  • Desertification Social aspects
  • Droughts Social aspects
  • Human ecology
  • Aridity and arid regions
  • Water and water use
  • MAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
  • ARID LANDS
  • ECOLOGY
  • Desertification
  • Arid regions ecology
  • Canada
  • landbouw
  • agriculture
  • ecologie
  • ecology
  • biogeografie
  • biogeography
  • hydrobiologie
  • hydrobiology
  • erosiebestrijding
  • erosion control
  • waterbescherming
  • water conservation
  • bodembescherming
  • soil conservation
  • bodem
  • soil
  • erosie
  • erosion
  • natuurbescherming
  • nature conservation
  • bescherming
  • protection
  • samenleving
  • society
  • woestijnen
  • deserts
  • plantkunde
  • botany
  • sociale wetenschappen
  • social sciences
  • aride klimaatzones
  • arid zones
  • natuur
  • nature
  • Agriculture (General)
  • Landbouw (algemeen)
Genre/Form
  • Statistics
  • Periodicals
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / Nancie L. Gonzalez -- Empirical approach to the prehistoric agrarian collapse : the case of the Moche Valley, Peru / Michael E. Moseley -- Farmers and technical experts : information flow in irrigated agriculture / Susan H. Lees -- Human use of the pre-Saharan ecosystem and its impact on desertization / William H. Bedoian -- Utilization of surface water by Northern Arabian Bedouins / F. S. Vidal -- Agroecosystem diversity : a model from the Sonoran Desert / Richard S. Felger, Gary P. Nabhan -- Rational choice model of agricultural resource utilization and conservation / John W. Bennett -- Drought versus desertification : the case of the Sahel / Sharon E. Nicholson -- Some observations on adaptation to semi arid environments / Priscilla Copeland Reining.
ISBN
  • 0891584382
  • 9780891584384
LCCN
77093023
OCLC
  • ocm03540360
  • 3540360
  • SCSB-192035
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library