LEADER 03657nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910813943703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-14009-0 010 $a9786611140090 010 $a1-4020-6689-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4020-6689-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000398533 035 $a(EBL)338257 035 $a(OCoLC)314012562 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297141 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226231 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297141 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10333382 035 $a(PQKB)11011613 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4020-6689-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC338257 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL338257 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217734 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114009 035 $a(PPN)123737974 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000398533 100 $a20070918d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe future of arid lands--revisited $ea review of 50 years of drylands research /$fCharles F. Hutchinson, Stefanie M. Herrmann 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $aDordrecht, The Netherlands $cSpringer ;$aParis $cUNESCO Pub.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aAdvances in global change research ;$vv. 32 225 1 $aMan and the biosphere series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4020-6688-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-180). 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThe Future of Arid Lands, edited by Gilbert White and published in 1956, comprised papers delivered at the "International Arid Lands Meetings" held in New Mexico in 1955. At these meetings, sponsored by UNESCO and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, experts considered the major issues then confronting the world?s arid lands and developed a research agenda to address these issues. The Future of Arid Lands ? Revisited, commissioned by UNESCO in 2005, reexamines this earlier work. Written by researchers from the University of Arizona, this volume first looks at the state of science in 1956 and attendant contemporary views of arid lands development. It then considers how scientific understanding of the processes governing arid lands has since evolved, before extracting lessons from these comparisons that might guide current and future arid land managers and speculating on what the future might hold for arid lands. Reflecting the shift in drylands thinking from a piecemeal or a ?magic bullet? approach to a systems-based approach that considers people as integral to solving problems, this volume will appeal not just to land managers, but to everyone involved in environmental issues who wishes to gain a better understanding of the state of arid lands science today. 410 0$aAdvances in global change research ;$vv. 32. 410 0$aMan and the biosphere series. 606 $aArid regions$xResearch 615 0$aArid regions$xResearch. 676 $a551.415 700 $aHutchinson$b C. F$g(Charles F.)$01707975 701 $aHerrmann$b Stefanie M$01707976 701 $aWhite$b Gilbert F$0271206 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813943703321 996 $aThe future of arid lands--revisited$94096620 997 $aUNINA