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245 00 $aDeserts :$bthe encroaching wilderness : a world conservation atlas /$cedited by Tony Allan and Andrew Warren ; introduction by Mostafa Tolba.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1993.
300 $a176 p. :$bcol. ill., col. maps ;$c30 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe desert -- What are deserts? -- Why are there deserts? -- Climate -- Deserts of the past -- Water in the desert -- Drought -- The arid landscape -- Desert landforms -- Sculpted by water -- Seas of sand -- Wind erosion -- Soils - Dust -- Moving sand and dustorms -- Floods -- Life in the desert -- Plant survival -- Smaller plants -- Desert invertebrates -- Mammals -- Adapting to extremes -- The desert ecosystem -- Peoples of the arid world -- Desert peoples -- Shelter -- Shelter: the Islamic tradition -- Clothing -- Food and nutrition -- Tools and implements -- Customs and religion -- Islam -- Town and cities -- Growth with wealth -- Desert resources -- The riches of the desert -- Herding and ranching -- Traditional farming -- Modern water strategies -- Reshaping the land -- Remote groundwater -- Oil and gas -- Mining and minerals -- Desertification -- The atlas -- The world's deserts -- The Sahara Desert -- East Africa -- The Kalahari and Namib -- The Arabian Peninsula -- Iran, Pakistan and India -- Central Asia -- The Gobi Desert -- Tibet -- The Great Plains -- The Great Basin -- Arizona and California -- Coastal Chile and Peru -- The Andes and Patagonia -- Deserts of Australia -- The challenge of conservation -- Deserts on the brink -- Human impacts -- Exploitation and development -- Desert conservation.$gadam
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700 1 $aAllan, J. A.$q(John Anthony)
700 1 $aWarren, Andrew,$d1937-
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