Aridity
Subtitle: droughts and human development
By: Monique Mainguet ; [Translator, Thomas O.E. Reimer].
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Desertification; Nature -- Effect on human beings of
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index.
The original french edition, L'homme et la sécheresse, was awarded the prize "Victor-Amédée du Bocage (1895)" from the Société Géographique de France in 1996--T.p. verso.
The translation has been helped by the French Ministry in charge of culture.