Desert Regions : Population, Migration and Environment /
The book addresses three distinctive aspects of desert development: regional planning, urban environment and building. It summarizes the results of 20 years of research carried out by the Center for Desert Architecture and Urban Planning at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. In contrast to...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Regional Development and Population Change: Long-Term Development Patterns of Peripheral Desert Settlements
- Sustainable Population Growth
- Private Construction
- The Effect of Remoteness and Isolation on Peripheral Settlements
- Modeling the Migration Attractiveness of a Region
- The Effect of Public Policy on Population Growth in Peripheral Areas
- Ecological-Oriented Options for the Sustainable Development of Drylands
- Cities of Cold and Hot Deserts: Physical Environment and Social Attractiveness of Frontier Settlements
- Planning Theories vs. Reality
- Strategies for Reducing Airborne Dust in Desert Cities
- Planning in Desert Environments
- The Past as a Key for the Future in Resettling the Desert
- Building and Design: A Desert Solar Neighborhood in Sede Boker, Israel
- A Bio-Climatic Approach to Desert Architecture
- Urban Microclimate in the Desert
- Adaptive Architecture: Low-Energy Technologies for Climate Control in the Desert
- Case Studies: Desert Settlements in Israel.