Heinrich Walter

The Future of Arid Lands.

The volume presents the efforts of scientists from 17 countries and from as many disciplines to assess the state of mans struggle to make productive and stable use of the worlds arid lands. It contains the papers and recommendations of the International Arid Lands Symposium and Conference, Albuquerque and Socorro, New Mexico, April and May 1955. The symposium develops around a tew basic questions. The representation and treatment of the subjects are highly interdisciplinary and lead to some important conclusions. The breadth and scope are indicated by the groupings of the Conference recommendations: Anthropology, Archaeology and Geography; Meteorology and Climatology; Hydrology, Geology and Soils; Biology, Ecology and Conservation; Organization, Communication, and Interdisciplinary Programs. Workers in all these fields, as well as administrators of government and private programs, will find the contents of this volume both stimulating for ideas and invaluable as a source of information.