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Groundwater modelling in arid and semi-arid areas
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Howard Wheater |
"Arid and semi-arid regions face major challenges in the management of scarce freshwater resources under pressures of population, economic development, climate change, pollution and over-abstraction.… |
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Urban planning for arid zones
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Gideon Golany |
Collects studies by 19 contributors in diverse fields that define the problems of urban planning in arid climates, along with proposed solutions. |
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Homes in hot places
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James, Alan |
Describes how homes are designed and built in hot climates. |
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Heat
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Bill Streever |
"An adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, droughts-it's clear that today's world is getting hotter. But while… |
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Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States
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Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) |
Major Powell's famous 1878 report to the Secretary of the Interior outlines the features of the West's arid regions, and warns against the consequences of trying to impose on a dry country the habits… |
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Desert
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Miranda MacQuitty |
Discover the extreme conditions of deserts, how human beings and other animals and plants live in these arid regions. |
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Dry climates
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Keith Lye |
Examines the many different types of dry climates, from deserts to semiarid regions. |
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Arid lands
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Jake Page |
Contains photographs, text, and five essays on desert land environments. |
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Wadi Hydrology
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Zekai Sen |
"Wadi Hydrology provides an understanding of these systems that illustrates the efficiency of harnessing water from wadis. This book: outlines surface features that play a role in the formation of ru… |
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