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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Portnov, Boris A.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hare, A. Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.