Oases of Oman
Subtitle: livelihood systems at the crossroads
By: sponsored by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan ; [editors: Andreas Buerkert and Eva Schlecht]
Contributors: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; Roya Publishing
Edition: 2nd expanded ed.
Publisher: Al Roya Press & Pub. House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Muscat
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789698237516
Subjects: Oases; Agricultural systems; Social structure; Cultural property
Notes: "Second published: November 2010"--Verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Integrated livelihood systems and cultural heritage; title: From balloons to remotely controlled model planes: use of high resolution aerial photography to document the status quo of Omani Oases; title: From hunter-gatherer communities to Oasis cultures: climate change and human adaptation on the Oman Peninsula; title: Plant genetic resources in Oman evidence for millennia of cultural exchange in the Middle East; title: Typology of Oases in northern Oman; title: plant communities, endemism and conservation history and heritage; title: Rangeland vegetation on Al Jabal Al Akhadar a key resource of oasis settlements; title: Historic, present and future role of livestock  on the Al Jabal Al Akhdar plateau in Northern Oman; title: The architecture of Omani Oases: a mirror of social structures; title: Unveiling the past: the role of oral history in understanding Oasis development.