The book includes quantitative findings, maps, common and scientific names of plants in the photographs, an index, a bibliography of cited works, and technical information concerning the work's photography. The book is recommended for botanists, environmentalists, and anthropologists, but is also useful for land use managers, African historians, and as a model for similar undertakings. Managing the commons. Reprints of this essay and other classics, and new works and case studies present a variety of views on the political, economic and environmental struggles over the future of public and communally held resources. The book also includes an index, diagrams, and bibliographical notes at the end of each essay.
Chapters cover regional overviews and workshop reports on both sectoral and cross-cutting issues.
The report also contains maps, tables, charts and diagrams, some in color, and four appendices containing the symposium and workshop programs, list of participants, list of speakers, panelists and moderators, and moderator and workshop leader instructions. This book details a study carried out in an area of almost 1000 km2, located on Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast north of Jubail. The book contains extensive illustrations, tables, photographs, and a bibliography. In German, with a summary in English. Elaine Cubbins works for the Arid Lands Information Center at the Office of Arid Lands Studies.