ISBN:
9781000240177
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (218 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Desertification-Social aspects
;
Arid regions agriculture-Environmental aspects
;
Droughts-Social aspects
;
Human ecology
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- About the Book -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- About the Editor and Authors -- Introduction -- 1 An Empirical Approach to Prehistoric Agrarian Collapse: The Case of the Moche Valley, Peru -- The Desert -- Environmental Change -- Canal Strategy -- Complementary Strategies -- Social Setting -- The Moche Valley Agricultural System -- Early Agricultuve -- Later Prehistory -- Agrarian Collapse -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 2 Farmers and Technical Experts: Information Flow in Irrigated Agriculture -- Introduation -- Case I: The Rusty Tractor Syndrome -- Case II: The Virgin Canals Syndrome -- Case III: The "My Superiors Have Not Yet Answered My Letter" Syndrome -- Israeli Observations -- Case I: The Telephone Factor -- Case II: The Muddy Feet Factor -- Analysis -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 3 Human Use of the Pre-Saharan Ecosystem and Its Impact on Desertization -- Introduction -- The Energy Flow Approach to the Study of Human Ecology -- The Value of Energy Flow Studies for Planners of Economic Policy in Developing Arid Regions -- Economic Production in Southern Tunisia -- Annual Differences in Soil Disturbance from Human Economic Activity -- Land Use Strategies in Southern Tunisia -- Prospects for Developing Land Use Alternatives -- References -- 4 Utilization of Surface Water by Northern Arabian Bedouins -- 5 Agroecosystem Diversity: A Model from the Sonoran Desert -- Ephemerals -- Root Perennials -- Columnar Cacti -- Desert Trees and Shrubs -- Seagrasses -- Saltgrass -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 A Rational-Choice Model of Agricultural Resource Utilization and Conservation -- Introduction -- Rational-Choice Models and Agricultural Decisions -- The Model -- Agrarian Development -- End Notes -- References.
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