Mainguet, Monique,  1937- <br/><br/>
Aridity :  droughts and human development / 
Monique Mainguet ; [Translator, Thomas O.E. Reimer]. 
 - Berlin ;  New York :  Springer,  c1999. 
 - ix, 302 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3540633421 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98030231  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arid regions.<br/>Droughts.<br/>Human beings--Effect of environment on.<br/>Environmental degradation.<br/>Desertification.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB612  / .M3413 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.73/6 MAI 1999