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Autore |
Stafford Smith Mark |
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Titolo |
Dry times [[electronic resource] ] : blueprint for a red land / / Mark Stafford Smith and Julian Cribb |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-15547-8 |
9786613155474 |
0-643-09803-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Arid regions ecology - Australia |
Arid regions agriculture - Australia |
Biodiversity - Australia |
Sustainable development - Australia |
Natural resources - Australia - Management |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Dramatic deserts -- Spreading deserts: past and future -- What drives deserts? -- Desert survivors -- Living off a lean landscape -- Dry but smart: tomorrow's desert business -- Surprising settlements -- Tantalising technologies -- Desert democrats -- Deserts and our future. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Deserts can teach us new ways to live, manage scarce resources, cope with a harsh climate, isolation and a lack of water and energy. |
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