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Dry times : blueprint for a red land / Mark Stafford Smith and Julian Cribb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stafford Smith, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arid regions ecology--Australia.
- Arid regions ecology.
- Arid regions agriculture--Australia.
- Arid regions agriculture.
- Biodiversity--Australia.
- Biodiversity.
- Sustainable development--Australia.
- Sustainable development.
- Natural resources--Australia--Management.
- Natural resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Deserts can teach us new ways to live, manage scarce resources, cope with a harsh climate, isolation and a lack of water and energy.
- Contents:
- Dramatic deserts
- Spreading deserts: past and future
- What drives deserts?
- Desert survivors
- Living off a lean landscape
- Dry but smart: tomorrow's desert business
- Surprising settlements
- Tantalising technologies
- Desert democrats
- Deserts and our future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613155474
- 9780643101814
- 0643101810
- 9781283155472
- 1283155478
- 9780643098039
- 0643098038
- OCLC:
- 645097438
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