03684nam 2200661 a 450 991078451710332120200520144314.01-281-14009-097866111400901-4020-6689-910.1007/978-1-4020-6689-4(CKB)1000000000398533(EBL)338257(OCoLC)314012562(SSID)ssj0000297141(PQKBManifestationID)11226231(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297141(PQKBWorkID)10333382(PQKB)11011613(DE-He213)978-1-4020-6689-4(MiAaPQ)EBC338257(Au-PeEL)EBL338257(CaPaEBR)ebr10217734(CaONFJC)MIL114009(PPN)123737974(EXLCZ)99100000000039853320070918d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe future of arid lands--revisited[electronic resource] a review of 50 years of drylands research /Charles F. Hutchinson, Stefanie M. Herrmann1st ed. 2008.Dordrecht, The Netherlands Springer ;Paris UNESCO Pub.c20081 online resource (238 p.)Advances in global change research ;v. 32Man and the biosphere seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4020-6688-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-180).Introduction: The Future is Now -- Contexts -- The Search for Water -- Weather Modification: More Than Bargained For? -- Plant and Animal Alternatives -- Ecosystems -- Land use and Management -- Policy in and for Drylands -- The Future of Arid Lands — Revisited.The Future of Arid Lands, edited by Gilbert White and published in 1956, comprised papers delivered at the "International Arid Lands Meetings" held in New Mexico in 1955. At these meetings, sponsored by UNESCO and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, experts considered the major issues then confronting the world’s arid lands and developed a research agenda to address these issues. The Future of Arid Lands – Revisited, commissioned by UNESCO in 2005, reexamines this earlier work. Written by researchers from the University of Arizona, this volume first looks at the state of science in 1956 and attendant contemporary views of arid lands development. It then considers how scientific understanding of the processes governing arid lands has since evolved, before extracting lessons from these comparisons that might guide current and future arid land managers and speculating on what the future might hold for arid lands. Reflecting the shift in drylands thinking from a piecemeal or a ‘magic bullet’ approach to a systems-based approach that considers people as integral to solving problems, this volume will appeal not just to land managers, but to everyone involved in environmental issues who wishes to gain a better understanding of the state of arid lands science today.Advances in global change research ;v. 32.Man and the biosphere series.Arid regionsResearchArid regionsResearch.551.415Hutchinson C. F(Charles F.)1562182Herrmann Stefanie M1562183White Gilbert F271206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784517103321The future of arid lands--revisited3829580UNINA