عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QC903.2.U6 D43 2011
QC903
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2
.
U6
D43
2011
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0199778922
(Number (ISBN
9780199778928
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
dltt
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
A great aridness :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
climate change and the future of the American southwest /
First Statement of Responsibility
William deBuys
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 369 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
High blue : the great downshift of dryness -- Oracle : global-change-type drought -- Sand Canyon : vanishing acts -- Janos : a mirror in time -- Lava Falls : the blood of oasis civilization -- The canal at river's end : thirsty Arizona -- Highway 79 revisited : "mega" trends in the Sun Corridor -- Apache Pass : crossing the line -- Mogollon Plateau : fires present and future -- Mt. Graham : the biopolitics of change -- Hawikku : welcome to the Anthropocene
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Climatic changes-- Southwest, New
Droughts-- Southwest, New
Water-supply-- Effect of global warming on-- Southwest, New
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Southwest, New, Environmental conditions
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
551
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6979
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QC903
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2
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U6
Book number
D43
2011
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
DeBuys, William Eno
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20121227235 006.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
