Roderic W. Dutton, John I. Clarke, Anwar Battikhi

Arid Land Resources and Their Management (eBook, PDF)

Jordan's Desert Margin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1998. This volume contains papers from The Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme which has been an excellent collaborative venture between Jordan's Higher Council for Science and Technology and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) of London. It has brought together numerous Jordanian and British scientists, as well as those of other nations, to study a wide variety of aspects of the physical and human environment with a view towards sustainable development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136176067
• Artikelnr.: 38247503

Autorenporträt

Roderic W. Dutton, John I. Clarke, Anwar Battikhi

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Overviews 1. Population
Environment and Development
2. Geology
Geomorphology
Hydrology
Groundwater and Physical Resources
Field Research3 . A Synthesis of Climatic Data with Specific Interest in the Precipitation Record
4. Water Resources Quality
Sustainability and Development
5. Baseline Hydrochemical Study of the Azraq Basin
6 Modelling and Isotope Study of the Azraq Basin
7. Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Sirhan and Hammad Basins
8. Quantification of Recharge to the Azraq Basin
9. Water for Sustainable Development
10. Water Demand
11. The Effect of Intensive Irrigated Agriculture upon Soil Degradation: A case study from Ashrafiyya
12. A Reconnaissance Survey of Surface Water Infiltration Characteristics
13. Characteristics of the Basalt Boulder Surfaces
14. Checklist of the Flora
15. Results of a Preliminary Survey of Livestock Owners
16. Population Fertility Trends
17. Demographic Change and Population Projections
1976-2013
18. Development Anthropology: A Primary Survey
Cynthia Brandenburg 19. Women and Unpaid Work in Nayifa Village
20. Preliminary Findings of a Health and Education Survey
21. Improvement of the Health Services
22. Sedentarization and Accessibility to Health Services
23. Abstracts (Arab abstracts and their English translations)