Aridity And Man The Challenge Of The Arid Lands In The United States
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Aridity And Man
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Author : Carle Hodge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Aridity And Man written by Carle Hodge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Arid regions / Congresses categories.
Aridity And Man
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Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee on Desert and Arid Zones Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Aridity And Man written by American Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee on Desert and Arid Zones Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Arid regions categories.
Aridity And Man The Challenge Of The Arid Lands In The United States
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Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Aridity And Man The Challenge Of The Arid Lands In The United States written by American Association for the Advancement of Science Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Arid regions categories.
Arid Land Ecosystems Volume 2 Structure Functioning And Management
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Author : D. W. Goodall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-03-19
Arid Land Ecosystems Volume 2 Structure Functioning And Management written by D. W. Goodall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-19 with Nature categories.
This volume was first published in 1981. The history of man's use of arid lands is a sad record of deterioration of the natural resource base and of low and declining living standards for the 300 million people who live in them. One prerequisite to meeting the challenge of reversing the deterioration and of raising living standards is a sound knowledge of the natural ecosystems.
Desert Biology
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Author : G. W. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Desert Biology written by G. W. Brown and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Science categories.
Desert Biology: Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions, Volume II records the conditions and life in the arid regions of the world. This book discusses the hydrogeology of arid regions, desert soil surfaces and classes, and physical and vegetational aspects of the Sahara Desert. The Piman Indians of the Sonoran Desert, approach to the water relations of desert plants, desert arthropods, and aquatic environments of deserts are also considered. Other topics include the artificial changes in the hydrogeology of deserts, soils of individual world deserts, rainfall and water supply of desert plants, and ecological plant types in arid regions. The hydrature in true xerophytes, chloride accumulation in halophytes, and biological response to desert water conditions are likewise covered in this publication. This volume is recommended for researchers and specialists interested in the hot, dry regions of the planet.
Human Ecology As Human Behavior
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Author : John W. Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Human Ecology As Human Behavior written by John W. Bennett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Nature categories.
Human interaction with the natural environment has a dual character. By turning increasing quantities of natural substances into physical resources, human beings might be said to have freed themselves from the constraints of low-technology survival pressures. However, the process has generated a new dependence on nature in the form of complex "socionatural systems," as Bennett calls them, in which human society and behavior are so interlocked with the management of the environment that small changes in the systems can lead to disaster. Bennett's essays cover a wide range: from the philosophy of environmentalism to the ecology of economic development; from the human impact on semi-arid lands to the ecology of Japanese forest management. This expanded paperback edition includes a new chapter on the role of anthropology in economic development.Bennett's essays exhibit an underlying pessimism: if human behavior toward the physical environment is the distinctive cause of environmental abuse, then reform of current management practices offers only temporary relief; that is, conservationism, like democracy, must be continually reaffirmed. Clearly presented and free of jargon, Human Ecology as Human Behavior will be of interest to anthropologists, economists, and environmentalists.
The Struggle For The Land
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Author : Paul A. Olson
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Struggle For The Land written by Paul A. Olson and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with History categories.
At an 1887 council when his people were told to learn farming in the semidesert region east of the Wind River Mountains, the Shosone chief Washakie exploded with "God damn a potato!" His instincts were all against the cultivation of semiarid land. The relationship between the buffalo hunter and the potato eater?between indigenous peoples and industrial empire?is the basic theme of the studies in The Struggle for the Land. As the editor, Paul A. Olson, points out in his introduction, the theme is as old as the biblical battle between the descendents of Nimrod, the city dweller, and of Abraham, the pastoralist. But the environmental cost of developing the world's semiarid regions is a new and urgent concern. Soil erosion, the loss of lands to dams, the pollution of once productive regions through mining, and the destruction of native food plants have everywhere decreased the quality of life for indigenous peoples, who have been forced to adopt the Western agricultural practices, property concepts, and economic institutions that created the environmental crisis. The eleven chapters in this collection look at the industrial and indigenous relationships in the lands of the North American Plains Indians, the Australian Aborigines, the Kazakhs in the USSR, the Maasai in Kenya, and several groups in southern Africa, and Alaskan and Lapp (Saami) native peoples. Representing a broad range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, ecology, and agricultural science, the contributors are John W. Bennett, Anatoly Khazanov, Russel L. Barsh, Gary C. Anders, Robson Silitshena, Peter Iverson, Patrick Morris, Annette Hamilton, J. Baird Callicott, O. Douglas Schwarz, and Solomon Bekure and Ishmael Ole Pasha. They recommend realistic solutions for the problems facing people who have essentially been disenfranchised by Western-style developmentof their native semiarid lands.
Ogallala
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Author : John Opie
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2018-08
Ogallala written by John Opie and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08 with History categories.
The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick. Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land is an environmental history and historical geography that tells the story of human defiance and human commitment within the Ogallala region. It describes the Great Plains' natural resources, the history of settlement and dryland farming, and the remarkable irrigation technologies that have industrialized farming in the region. This newly updated third edition discusses three main issues: long-term drought and its implications, the efforts of several key groundwater management districts to regulate the aquifer, and T. Boone Pickens's failed effort to capture water from the aquifer to supply major Texas urban areas. This edition also describes the fierce independence of Texas ranchers and farmers who reject any governmental or bureaucratic intervention in their use of water, and it updates information about the impact of climate change on the aquifer and agriculture. Read Char Miller's article on theconversation.com to learn more about the Ogallala Aquifer.
Urban Transportation Research And Planning Current Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Urban Transportation Research And Planning Current Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Transportation categories.
The Safford Valley Grids
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Author : William Emery Doolittle
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2004
The Safford Valley Grids written by William Emery Doolittle and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
Crisscrossing Pleistocene terrace tops and overlooking the Gila River in southeastern Arizona are acres and acres of rock alignments that have perplexed archaeologists for a century. Well known but poorly understood, these features have long been considered agricultural, but exactly what was cultivated, how, and why remained a mystery. Now we know. Drawing on the talents of a team of scholars representing various disciplines, including geology, soil science, remote sensing, geographical information sciences (GISc), hydrology, botany, palynology, and archaeology, the editors of this volume explain when and why the grids were built. Between A.D. 750 and 1385, people gathered rocks from the tops of the terraces and rearranged them in grids of varying size and shape, averaging about 4 meters to 5 meters square. The grids captured rainfall and water accumulated under the rocks forming the grids. Agave was planted among the rocks, providing a dietary supplement to the maize and beans that were irrigated on the nearby bottom land, a survival crop when the staple crops failed, and possibly a trade commodity when yields were high. Stunning photographs by Adriel Heisey convey the vastness of the grids across the landscape.