Overview
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Boris A. Portnov
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Center for Desert Architecture and Urban Planning J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker Campus, Israel
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A. Paul Hare
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Social Studies Unit J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker Campus, Israel
In contrast to other books on desert development, the book considers physical development of desert regions not as an end itself, but rather as an essential precondition for creating socially attractive and desirable environments for human settlement
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Regional Development and Population Change
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- Boris A. Portnov, Evyatar Erell
Pages 17-36
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- Boris A. Portnov, David Pearlmutter
Pages 37-59
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- Boris A. Portnov, David Pearlmutter
Pages 61-85
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- Boris A. Portnov, Evyatar Erell
Pages 87-110
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Cities of Cold and Hot Deserts
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Front Matter
Pages 159-159
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- Evyatar Erell, Haim Tsoar
Pages 205-226
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Building and Design
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Front Matter
Pages 249-249
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- David Pearlmutter, Pedro Berliner
Pages 279-289
About this book
Despite the common understanding of the importance of desert development in the contemporary world, there are relatively few books published to date on this sub ject. The books and collective volumes published in this field deal primarily with environmental and physical aspects of desert development such as soil, agricul ture, vegetation, water resources, etc. In contrast, this book addresses the issues of regional and urban development in desert areas, which have not been given sufficient attention. The present book is socially oriented. It considers physical development of desert regions not as an end in itself, but rather as an essential precondition for creating socially attractive and desirable environments for human settlement. The book addresses the issues of desert development at three distinctive conceptual levels - region, urban envi ronment, and building -and deals with both cold and hot deserts. Approximately half of the chapters in this book are original contributions that have not been published elsewhere. The remaining chapters fall into two groups: 1) chapters which have been reprinted from various refereed journals, and 2) chapters initially printed elsewhere and revised by their respective authors specifi cally for this collective volume. In the former case, permission to reproduce the material has been obtained from the respective copyright holders, and the details of original publication and names of copyright holders are indicated in footnotes.
Editors and Affiliations
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Center for Desert Architecture and Urban Planning J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker Campus, Israel
Boris A. Portnov
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Social Studies Unit J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker Campus, Israel
A. Paul Hare
