The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition

Michael Evenari; Leslie Shanan; Naphtali Tadmor

Published by Harvard University Press 1982

The Negev

The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition

Michael Evenari , Leslie Shanan and Naphtali Tadmor
In collaboration with: Yehoshua Itzhaki and Amiram Shkolnik

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674419254

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About this book

The Negev, first published over a decade ago, told the story of some twenty years of study of southern Israel's desert. It synthesized the findings of botanists, geologists, soil scientists, agronomists, archaeologists, historians, and engineers and told how the applications of their work produced an agricultural surplus in this forbiddingly dry, hot region.

, Now Michael Evenari has amplified the book with data from another decade of work. He describes the efforts at a new farm at Wadi Mashash, extends the weather data another ten years, presents further work on the adaptations of plants and animals to desert conditions, and takes a much deeper look at the historical precedents for the method of runoff agriculture, which has made the desert bloom.

Author / Editor information

Evenari Michael :

Michael Evenari is Professor of Botany, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Shanan Leslie :

Leslie Shanan was Consultant Engineer (Water Projects), Tel Aviv.Tadmor Naphtali :

Naphtali Tadmor was Senior Lecturer in Botany, Hebrew University.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
I. In The Beginning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Desert Challenges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
III. Man in the Negev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
IV. The Negev—A Desert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
V. Landforms and Landscapes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
VI. The Geological History of the Negev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
VII. Ancient Runoff Agriculture in the Negev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
VIII. The Nitzana Papyri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
IX. Stone Mounds and the Mechanics of Runoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
X. Drinking Water in the Desert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
XI. Tapping Underground Water: The Chain of Wells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
XII. The Reconstruction of the Farms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
XIII. Agricultural Results: Field Crops, Vegetables, Medicinal and Pasture Plants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
XIV. Agricultural Results: Fruit Trees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
XV. Microcatchments (Negarin) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
XVI. Adaptation of Plants to Desert Conditions. I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
XVII. Adaptation of Plants to Desert Conditions. II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
XVIII. Adaptation of Animals to Desert Conditions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
XIX. The Farm at Wadi Mashash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
XX. Recent Developments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
XXI. Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	418
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: 2nd ed. Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 437
Illustrations
- Other: Zahlr. Abb.
Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany; Agriculture -- Israel -- Negev.; Hydrology -- Israel -- Negev.; Physical geography -- Israel -- Negev.; Arid regions agriculture -- Israel -- Negev.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674419254

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1982
ISBN: 9780674419247