| Food, Fiber, and the Arid Lands Contributor(s): McGinnies, William G. (Editor), Goldman, Bram J. (Editor), Paylore, Patricia G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0816535361 ISBN-13: 9780816535361 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Social Science | Agriculture & Food |
| Series: Century Collection |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.2" W x 10.9" (2.90 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the Foreword: The world's dramatic awakening to the impact of ecology on the quality of human life, and a new awareness of the potential for exploitation of the desert environment--in which our particular interest lies--give rise to more thoughtful, even sober, attention to the problems faced by those aspiring only to bigger yields from crops and more protein from animals. To these very basic needs of food and fiber, we are, therefore, addressing ourselves further to a consideration of housing, educational programs, and nonagrarian resource evolution, to the end that the planners and the decision makers may have the benefit of the most intelligent and contemporary understanding possible of the cultural and social aspects of arid lands as well as the latest technological advances on a wide-ranging spectrum of scientific developments. |