Mainguet, Monique,  1937- <br/><br/>
Aridity :  droughts and human development / 
Monique Mainguet ; transleted [from the French] by Thomas O. E. Reimer 
 - Berlin :  Springer,  c1999 
 - ix, 302 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> The original french edition, L'homme et la secheresse, was awarded the prize "Victor-Amedee du Bocage (1895)" from the Societe Geographique de France in 1996--T.p. verso  The translation has been helped by the French Ministry in charge of culture 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3540633421 :  DM 149.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arid regions<br/>Droughts<br/>Human beings--Effect of environment on<br/>Environmental degradation<br/>Desertification
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.736