Arid Zones, Deserts

The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research across the social sciences and humanities, an...

The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research across the social sciences and humanities, an...

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment. By contrast, cities are sites of action and ...

When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the citys urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generat...

Over the last century, the scale of Canadas domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the countrys increased capacity for em...

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment. By contrast, cities are sites of action and ...

This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century. Examining fifteen case studies from...

Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canadas natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadia...

Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent th...

Celebrated master calligrapher Hassan Massoudy carries the desert within him. Through majestic, sweeping strokes, he depicts its breath-taking beau...

Desert-sand Verbenas and Primroses burst into a kaleidoscope blanketing a patch of California desert. Bright yellow Brittlebrush pops against a spa...

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canadas resource-dependent economy. The book examines how particular ecosystem compo...

How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Fro...

The Great Oasis of Egypt provides the first full study of the Dakhla and Kharga Oases in antiquity, written by participants in several of the curre...

Plant selection and garden style are deeply influenced by where we are gardening. To successfully grow a range of beautiful ornamental plants, ever...

A must-have for every gardener in California looking for a new way to garden in a changing climate In recent years California has been facing extre...

Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its home. The deser...