Arid lands management : toward ecological sustainability / Thomas W. Hoekstra and Moshe Shachak, technical editors.

"In cooperation with the International Arid Lands Consortium."

Based on a workshop held in Israel in June 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / David Nahmias and Kenneth E. Foster -- Preface / Thomas W. Hoekstra and Menachem Sachs -- Pt. 1. The Ecological Framework for Sustainability. 1. Arid Lands Research and Biosphere Sustainability / Paul G. Risser. 2. The Management of Ecological Systems / Steward T. A. Pickett, Moshe Shachak and Bertrand Boeken [and others]. 3. Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Ecological Systems / Thomas W. Hoekstra and Linda A. Joyce -- Pt. 2. Ecological Systems and Their Management. 4. The Physical-Biotic Interface in Arid and Semi-Arid Systems: A Climatologist's Viewpoint / Sharon E. Nicholson. 5. Arid and Semi-Arid Land Community Dynamics in a Management Context / S. Archer, W. MacKay and J. Mott [and others]. 6. The Study and Management of Dryland Population Systems / David Saltz, Moshe Shachak and Martyn Caldwell [and others]. 7. Ecosystem-Level Consequences of Management Options / L. A. Joyce, J. J. Landsberg and M. Stafford Smith [and others].

8. The Concept of Sustainability in Dryland Ecosystems / Uriel N. Safriel -- Pt. 3. Arid Lands Management Principles and Analyses. 9. Land Use and Management: Research Implications from Three Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of the World / James T. Fisher, Mark Stafford Smith and Rafael Cavazos [and others]. 10. A Planning Process / Peter F. Ffolliott, Itshack Moshe and Theodore W. Sammis. 11. Management of Arid Lands: A Simulation Approach / Geoffrey Pickup and Mark Stafford Smith. 12. Arid Lands Management: An Operations Research Approach / John Hof -- Pt. 4. Progress toward Ecological Sustainability. 13. Radar Rainfield Evaluation and Use / Joseph Morin, Daniel Rosenfeld and Eyal Amitai. 14. Spatial Variability in the Runoff Generated in Small Arid Watersheds: Implications for Water Harvesting / A. Yair. 15. Natural Conservation, Reclamation, and Livestock Grazing in the Northern Negev: Contradictory or Complementary Concepts? / Avi Perevolotsky.

16. Managing Rural Dieback of Eucalypts to Achieve Sustainable Dryland Agroecosystems / Roger Farrow. 17. Savannization: An Ecologically Viable Management Approach to Desertified Regions / Menachem Sachs and Itshack Moshe. 18. Managing Patchiness, Ecological Flows, Productivity, and Diversity in Drylands: Concepts and Applications in the Negev Desert / Moshe Shachak, Steward T. A. Pickett and Bertrand Boeken [and others] -- Summary and Conclusion: Synthesis of Research and Management Implications / Thomas W. Hoekstra and Moshe Shachak -- Afterword: Reflections and Needs / Gene E. Likens.