TY - BOOK ID - 30963976 TI - The arid lands : history, power, knowledge PY - 2016 SN - 0262333538 9780262333535 9780262333542 0262333546 9780262034524 0262034522 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, DB - UniCat KW - Deserts. KW - Deserts KW - Arid regions. KW - Desert ecology. KW - Desert resources development. KW - History. KW - Desert development KW - Development of desert resources KW - Arid lands KW - Arid zones KW - Dry lands KW - Dryland regions KW - Drylands KW - Lands, Arid KW - Regions, Arid KW - Regions, Semiarid KW - Semi-arid regions KW - Semi-arid zones KW - Semiarid regions KW - Sub-humid lands KW - Zones, Arid KW - Ecology KW - Natural resources KW - Arid regions ecology KW - Xeric ecology KW - Extreme environments KW - Arid regions KW - Landforms KW - ENVIRONMENT/General KW - HUMANITIES/History KW - Sociology of environment KW - Social geography KW - Economic geography UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30963976 AB - An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered. ER -