Architectural ecology: A tentative Sahara restoration

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-160

  Cathcart, Richard Brook ^a   Badescu, Viorel ^b  

^a Geographos   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Insol; Tent greenbelt

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

LANDSCAPE; POTENTIAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 2642546789     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020723032000087961     Document Type: Review

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