Arid zones, deserts

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Succulents are plants that hold water in their leaves, such as cacti, aloe, and echeveria.

Bringing together diverse approaches and case studies of international health worker migration, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional Credentials critically reimagines how we conceptualize the transfer of value embodied in internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs).

Inspired by his ranger days in Rocky Mountain National Park more than forty five years ago as well as more recent rambles, Richard Fleck has created these descriptive essays that take readers from shimmering desert heat to snowy summits.

Drylands, a home for nearly 2.

The wild beauty of deserts has always been a source of fascination the world over.

Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature.

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts.

The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity.

How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries From the 1870s to the mid-twentieth century, European explorers, climatologists, colonial officials, and planners were avidly interested in large-scale projects that might actively alter the climate.

The Jornada Basin LTER is located in the Chihuahuan Desert, the largest in North America.

Redwoods and Roses explores the special relationship California's diverse peoples have shared with nature and the unique gardens and landscapes they have created over the years to nurture and enhance those bonds.

The senses are made, not given.

Biodiversity in Drylands, the first internationally based synthesis volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Series, unifies the concepts of species and landscape diversity with respect to deserts.

How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries From the 1870s to the mid-twentieth century, European explorers, climatologists, colonial officials, and planners were avidly interested in large-scale projects that might actively alter the climate.

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use.

An authoritative review of the characteristics and dynamics of desert dunes and their sediments ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Universities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus, experiential learning.

A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica''s central role in global scientific research.

This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century.

Drylands, a home for nearly 2.

Many historians and political scientists argue that ties between Canada and Latin America have been weak and intermittent because of lack of mutual interest and common objectives.

Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canada's natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadian landscape architects.

Explores the history and archaeology of two oases, remote but closely tied to the Nile valley for thousands of years.

Make inexpensive projects with a Japanese aesthetic--whether you're an interior designer, avid gardener, small space enthusiast or gardening beginner!

In 1996, the Guatemalan civil war ended with the signing of the Peace Accords, facilitated by the United Nations and promoted as a beacon of hope for a country with a history of conflict.

Beyond the Megacity connects and reconnects the global debate on the contemporary urban condition to the Latin American tradition of seeing, considering, and theorizing urbanization from the margins.

A synthesis of the environmental and climatic history of every major desert and desert margin, for researchers and advanced students.

Not Good Enough for Canada investigates the development of Canadian immigration policy with respect to persons with a disease or disability throughout the twentieth century.

Semi-arid woodlands are an important part of the Australian landscape and they have been the focus for scientific research by CSIRO since the 1960s.

Desertification includes land degradation due to both climatic and anthropogenic causes, where land includes water, soil, and the biosphere.

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment.

For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts.

The little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the worldThe Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States.

Serengeti is arguably the most well-known and highly treasured conservation area in the world.

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.

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.

This one-stop reference is a perfect resource for anyone interested in the North and South Poles, whether their interest relates to history, wildlife, or the geography of these regions in the news today.

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Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its home.

With knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story.

An authoritative review of the characteristics and dynamics of desert dunes and their sediments ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.