The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition - Hardcover

Evenari, Michael; Shanan, Leslie; Tadmor, Naphtali

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674606728 ISBN 13: 9780674606722

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1982

Synopsis

The Negev, first published over a decade ago, told the story of some twenty years of study of southern Israel's desert. It synthesized the findings of botanists, geologists, soil scientists, agronomists, archaeologists, historians, and engineers and told how the applications of their work produced an agricultural surplus in this forbiddingly dry, hot region.

Now Michael Evenari has amplified the book with data from another decade of work. He describes the efforts at a new farm at Wadi Mashash, extends the weather data another ten years, presents further work on the adaptations of plants and animals to desert conditions, and takes a much deeper look at the historical precedents for the method of runoff agriculture, which has made the desert bloom.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Negev, first published over a decade ago, told the story of some twenty years of study of southern Israel's desert. It synthesized the findings of botanists, geologists, soil scientists, agronomists, archaeologists, historians, and engineers and told how the applications of their work produced an agricultural surplus in this forbiddingly dry, hot region.

About the Author:

Michael Evenari is Professor of Botany, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0674606728
• ISBN 13: 9780674606722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456