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DESERT PLANNING: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS

by Gideon Golany

Published by The Architectural Press. 1st. 1982

Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. This book provides technical guidance for the whole range of professionals involved in arid-zone development: planners, community-builders, architects, policy-makers and economists. Edited by Gideon Golany. Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 164 pages including index.

Marks along bottom edge of covers and light fading. Page edge browning. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and top edge, a little grubby.

ISBN: 0851391532
Stock no. 2130080

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Contents

  • PART ONE: URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN
  • Arid-zone development policy and strategy
  • Town design in the arid Pilbara of Western Australia
  • Urban and architectural planning in war, arid zones
  • Feasibility of the Australian desert coast for future urban settlements
  • City building in the hot climatic zones
  • A systems approach to urban planning in arid zones
  • Integrated rural area planning: the Lachish Region
  • PART TWO: ENERGY AND WATER RESOURCES
  • Land use and energy conservation in an arid-zone city: Tucson, Arizona
  • Managing a finite groundwater supply in Arizona's Santa Cruz Basin
  • PART THREE: DESIGN OF HUMAN SHELTER
  • Southwestern Pueblo architecture: some implications for modern housing design
  • Building in hot, dry climates
  • Housing and community development in Australia's arid zone
  • The influence of arid-zone climate on house design in Sudan
  • Settlements and housing in an arid-zone developing country: case study in Hausaland, Northern Nigeria

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