Some Examples of Development in the Desert Belts

  • Most semi-arid regions face strong population growth. For example, with the actual growth rate in Jordan, population doubles every 25 years. Many countries in the desert belt experienced rapid modernisation during the last 50 years. Taking Jordan again as an example, modern western life styles are spreading quickly. They co-exist with traditional herding and farming in the rural areas, but urbanization is rapidly expanding.

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Author: Bernhard Lucke, Iourii Nikolskii, Hendrike Helbron, Dmitry PalekhovORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10640-8_13
ISBN:978-3-642-10639-2
Title of the source (English):Progressive Development : To Mitigate the Negative Impact of Global Warming on the Semi-arid Regions
Publisher:Springer
Place of publication:Berlin [u.a.]
Editor: Aryē S. Issar
Document Type:Part of a book (chapter)
Language:English
Year of publication:2010
First Page:89
Last Page:91
Series ; volume number:Environmental Science and Engineering
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Umweltplanung
Institution name at the time of publication:Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik (eBTU) / LS Umweltplanung
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