Aridity : droughts and human development /
Mainguet, Monique, 1937-
Aridity : droughts and human development / Monique Mainguet ; [Translator, Thomas O.E. Reimer]. - Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1999. - ix, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
The original french edition, L'homme et la sécheresse, was awarded the prize "Victor-Amédée du Bocage (1895)" from the Société Géographique de France in 1996--T.p. verso. The translation has been helped by the French Ministry in charge of culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index.
3540633421 (alk. paper)
98030231
Arid regions.
Droughts.
Human beings--Effect of environment on.
Environmental degradation.
Desertification.
GB612 / .M3413 1999
333.73/6 MAI 1999
Aridity : droughts and human development / Monique Mainguet ; [Translator, Thomas O.E. Reimer]. - Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1999. - ix, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
The original french edition, L'homme et la sécheresse, was awarded the prize "Victor-Amédée du Bocage (1895)" from the Société Géographique de France in 1996--T.p. verso. The translation has been helped by the French Ministry in charge of culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index.
3540633421 (alk. paper)
98030231
Arid regions.
Droughts.
Human beings--Effect of environment on.
Environmental degradation.
Desertification.
GB612 / .M3413 1999
333.73/6 MAI 1999