Arid lands: today and tomorrow. Proceedings of an international research and development conference, Tucson, Arizona, October 1985

E. E. Whitehead, C. F. Hutchinson, B. N. Timmermann, Robert G Varady

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Abstract

The objectives of the interdisciplinary conference were to integrate: 1) recent research advances; 2) new technologies and applications of science; 3) research on the social, biological and physical dynamics of desert ecosystems; 4) experiences from major antidesertification efforts since 1970. The c130 papers (many abstracted separately) are arranged in over 20 sections, including: climate, underutilized plants, irrigation and water management, biosphere reserves, water policy, animal resources, desert ecology, crop physiology and agronomy, urban environments, desertification, land intensification, halophytes, reclamation, small-scale water management, culture and demography, soils, range management, economic development, new crops, and desert riparian systems. -M.A.Bass

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationArid lands
Subtitle of host publicationtoday and tomorrow. Proceedings of an international research and development conference, Tucson, Arizona, October 1985
PublisherBelhaven Press (Pinter
ISBN (Print)0813375363, 1852930314, 9780813375366, 9781852930318
StatePublished - 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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