Arid Land Resources and Their Management

<p>First published in 1998. This volume contains papers from The Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme which has been an excellent collaborative venture between Jordan’s Higher Council for Science and Technology and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) of London. It has brought together numerous Jordanian and British scientists, as well as those of other nations, to study a wide variety of aspects of the physical and human environment with a view towards sustainable development.</p> Foreword, Preface, Overviews 1. Population, Environment and Development, 2. Geology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Groundwater and Physical Resources, Field Research3 . A Synthesis of Climatic Data with Specific Interest in the Precipitation Record, 4. Water Resources Quality, Sustainability and Development, 5. Baseline Hydrochemical Study of the Azraq Basin, 6 Modelling and Isotope Study of the Azraq Basin, 7. Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Sirhan and Hammad Basins, 8. Quantification of Recharge to the Azraq Basin, 9. Water for Sustainable Development, 10. Water Demand, 11. The Effect of Intensive Irrigated Agriculture upon Soil Degradation: A case study from Ashrafiyya, 12. A Reconnaissance Survey of Surface Water Infiltration Characteristics, 13. Characteristics of the Basalt Boulder Surfaces, 14. Checklist of the Flora, 15. Results of a Preliminary Survey of Livestock Owners, 16. Population Fertility Trends, 17. Demographic Change and Population Projections, 1976-2013, 18. Development Anthropology: A Primary Survey, Cynthia Brandenburg 19. Women and Unpaid Work in Nayifa Village, 20. Preliminary Findings of a Health and Education Survey, 21. Improvement of the Health Services, 22. Sedentarization and Accessibility to Health Services, 23. Abstracts (Arab abstracts and their English translations)