The Effect of Intensive Irrigated Agriculture upon Soil Degradation: A Case Study from Ashrafiyya

Arid Land Resources and Their Management: Jordan's Desert Margin

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 127-156

  Kirk, Alastair ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071542918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203039250-17     Document Type: Chapter

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