Arid Environment - Perspectives, Challenges and Management
Eyvaz, Murat / Albahnasawi, Ahmed / Gürbulak, Ercan Aridity is the imbalance between long-term average water supply and long-term average water demand. Arid environments cover more than one-third of the world's land area and represent the most common habitat on Earth after the oceans. Aridity poses a threat to the environment and the economy, and to security, development, food security, and social life around the world. The causes of increased aridity are complex and are thought to be both natu...