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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458398603321

Autore

Stafford Smith Mark

Titolo

Dry times [[electronic resource] ] : blueprint for a red land / / Mark Stafford Smith and Julian Cribb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-283-15547-8

9786613155474

0-643-09803-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CribbJulian

Disciplina

333.7360994

Soggetti

Arid regions ecology - Australia

Arid regions agriculture - Australia

Biodiversity - Australia

Sustainable development - Australia

Natural resources - Australia - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Deserts can teach us new ways to live, manage scarce resources, cope with a harsh climate, isolation and a lack of water and energy.