Desert Development: Man and Technology in SparselandsY. Gradus Springer Netherlands, 31 באוק׳ 1985 - 324 עמודים The fact that approximately one-third of the world's land mass is arid desert may be congenial for the camel and the cactus, but not for people. Nevertheless, well over half a billion people, or 15% of the world's population live in arid desert areas. If the world's population were distributed evenly over the land surface, we would expect to find about 30% of the population inhabiting arid desert areas. Does the fact that 'only' 15% of the world's population live in an arid desert environment reflect the harshness of the environment? Or is it a testimony to the adaptability and ingenuity of mankind? Do we view the glass as half-full? Or half-empty? The contributors to Desert Development: Man and Technology in Sparselands adopt the position that the cup is half-full and, in fact, could be filled much more. Indeed, many arid desert zones do thrive with life, and given appropriate technological develop ment, such areas could support even greater popUlations. While the dire Malthusian prediction that rapid world population growth exceeds the carrying capacity of existent resource systems has gained popularity (typified by the 1972 Club of Rome book, Limits to Growth), there is a growing body of serious work which rejects such pessimistic 'depletion' models, in favor of models which are mildly optimistic. |
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MICHAEL J WATTSSocial Theory Environmental Degradation | 14 |
RICHARD E LONSDALE The Political Burden of Spareseland | 33 |
BARUCH GIVONI and LISA ORLICK Planning for Comfort in Hot | 60 |
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Desert Development: Man and Technology in Sparselands <span dir=ltr>Yehuda Gradus</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2012 |
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agricultural Arad Arava architecture arid and semi-arid arid areas arid lands arid zone Bedouin Beer-Sheva Ben-Gurion University building central centres climate comfort cooling cost crops cultivation cultural Dead Sea density desert areas desert environment desertification development towns Dimona drip irrigation ecological economic Eilat energy environmental especially evaporation evaporative cooling example factors Geographical Givoni growth health services heat important improved increase industrial infrastructure Institute irrigation Israel Israeli Kiryat Gat major migration Mitzpe Ramon natural needs Negev Netivot nomads Ofakim pastoral planning plants potential problem production rainfall regions relatively remote sensing rural areas Sahel sand dunes Sderot sedentarization settlement social soil space sparselands sparsely populated areas spatial strategy surface Tel Aviv telecommunications temperature thermal thermal comfort tourism transportation units urban utilized vegetation wind Yehuda Gradus Yeruham Yotvata
הפניות לספר זה
Land Degradation: Development and Breakdown of Terrestrial Environments <span dir=ltr>Christopher J. Barrow</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 1994 |
Tourism: Change, Impacts, and Opportunities <span dir=ltr>Geoffrey Wall</span>,<span dir=ltr>Alister Mathieson</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2006 |