Environment and population: The collapse of large irrigation systems reconsidered

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 451-468

  Borsch, Stuart J ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344708738     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0010417504000234     Document Type: Article

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