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Title:

Dry : life without water / Ehsan Masood, Daniel Schaffer, editors.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

192 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Human ecology.
Desert ecology.
Indigenous peoples--Ecology.
Water-supply.
Water and civilization.
Water resources development.
Desert reclamation.
Desert resources development.
Arid regions--Environmental conditions.
Écologie humaine--Régions arides.
Autochtones--Écologie--Régions arides.
Eau--Approvisionnement--Régions arides.
Eau et civilisation--Régions arides.
Ressources en eau--Exploitation--Régions arides.
Déserts--Mise en valeur--Régions arides.
Déserts--Exploitation--Régions arides.
Environnement--Régions arides.

Other Authors:

Masood, Ehsan.
Schaffer, Daniel, 1950-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Sudan's camel healers -- Burkina Faso's forest nurseries -- Innovation in Namibia -- Wetland conservation the Maasai way -- Green and dry in China -- Drought-proofing with a difference in India -- Pakistan's dams miracle -- High and dry in Nepal -- Chile's fog catchers -- New life for Brazil's goat town -- Moving mountains in Mexico -- Going for gold in the Andes -- Saving Egypt's songbird -- Reclaiming Jordan's Badia -- The wisdom of Morocco's women -- Oman's rose gardens.

ISBN:

9780674022249 (alk. paper)
0674022246 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62118242

LCCN:

2005029424

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)