The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition

Evenari, Michael, Nephtali Tadmor and Naphtali Tadmor:

ISBN 10: 0674606728 / ISBN 13: 9780674606722

Published by HARVARD UNIV PR, 1982

About this Item

437 Seiten; 9780674606722.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 2.

Seller Inventory # 1313690

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition
• Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674606728
• ISBN 13: 9780674606722
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 2 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Varia

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Synopsis

The Negev, first published in 1971, 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 the Authors

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

Leslie Shanan was Consultant Engineer (Water Projects), Tel Aviv.

Naphtali Tadmor was Senior Lecturer in Botany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.