Title Dry Times : Blueprint for a Red Land

Published Melbourne : CSIRO Pub., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (185 pages) Contents Cover; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Dramatic deserts; 2 Spreading deserts: past and future; 3 What drives deserts?; 4 Desert survivors; Colour plates; 5 Living off a lean landscape; 6 Dry but smart: tomorrow's desert business; 7 Surprising settlements; 8 Tantalising technologies; 9 Desert democrats; 10 Deserts and our future; Epilogue; References; Endnotes Summary Deserts can teach us new ways to live, manage scarce resources, cope with a harsh climate, isolation and a lack of water and energy Notes Print version record Subject Arid regions ecology -- Australia Arid regions agriculture -- Australia Biodiversity -- Australia Sustainable development -- Australia Natural resources -- Australia -- Management NATURE / General. Arid regions agriculture Arid regions ecology Biodiversity Natural resources -- Management Sustainable development Australia Form Electronic book Author Cribb, Julian ISBN 9780643098039 0643098038 1283155478 9781283155472 9780643101814 0643101810

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