Arid Lands: A Geographical Appriasal (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032730706 ISBN 13: 9781032730707

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

In 1951 UNESCO launched an Arid Zone Programme with the object of promoting research into arid regions from every relevant scientific point of view. This book, originally published in 1966, represents the range of research undertaken and gives a general conspectus of arid zone geography. 17 authors from 8 countries contributed and the book deals comprehensively with all the main areas, with specific examples used to illustrate arguments. There are chapters on meteorology, geology, geomorphology, botany and zoology and almost 50% of the book is devoted to man’s activities: irrigation and agriculture; industry; animal breeding and human survival in the desert

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About the Author

E. S. Hills was Lecturer in Geology 1932-1944, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1944-1962, Research Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1962-1971, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His interests were wide ranging and included fossil fishes, physiography, mineralogy and petrology, structure, tectonics and morphotectonics, and economic geology. He died in 1986

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032730706
• ISBN 13: 9781032730707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 482
• Editor: Hills E. S.