Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: david sherman

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  • DRYLAND MANAGEMENT: ECONOMIC CASE STUDIES
    JOHN A. DIXON / DAVID E. JAMES / PAUL B. SHERMAN
    Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their successful and innovative work The Economics of Dryland Management the editors have a...

    $1,320.00

  • ECONOMICS OF DRYLAND MANAGEMENT
    JOHN A. DIXON / DAVID E. JAMES / PAUL B. SHERMAN
    We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture. Systems of farming and burning often degrade dryland further until it is desert. Today, however, the problem is becoming much more serious. Over 20 per cent of the world's population lives in dryland areas, and unless action is taken drylands will increase dramaticall...

    $1,480.00

  • EVIDENCE-BASED CRIME PREVENTION
    FARRINGTON, DAVID P. / MACKENZIE, DORIS LAYTON / SHERMAN, LAWRENCE W. / WELSH, BRANDON C.
    Crime prevention policy and practice is, on the whole, far from objective. Instead of being based on scientific evidence, the crime policy agenda is seemingly driven by political ideology, anecdotal evidence and programme trends. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention seeks to change this by comprehensively and rigorously assessing the existing scientific knowledge on the effectivenes...

    $2,100.00

  • ETHANOL AND THE LIVER
    DAVID SHERMAN / RONALD ROSS WATSON
    Distilling the available knowledge on ethanol-induced liver damage and directly complementing the available bio-medical literature, Ethanol and the Liver covers pathogenic and clinical aspects of alcoholic liver disease. Providing broader coverage of the subject than any available monograph, the editors and their panel of experts relate basic scien ...

    $1,760.00