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Ancient water harvesting in the Old World Dry Belt – Synopsis and outlook

2019-10-01

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More than 50 years after the first comprehensively designed projects, the significance of research on past societies and their interactions with landscapes has even increased: Studying arid landscapes opens many areas of general interest about adapted lifestyles and livelihoods, since aridity touches upon problems of desertification and climate change, decentral water and food security. This synoptical paper sheds...

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Literature Corpus work: 16216d92-fcaa-575f-be0c-f5366f8178c2
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.103996

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