Progressive Development: To Mitigate the Negative Impact of Global Warming on the Semi-arid Regions

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Past is the Key to the Future....Pages 3-5
Present Global Warming, What Will Be Its Future Impact?....Pages 7-12
Malthusian and Neo-Malthusian Prophecies of Calamity....Pages 13-18
The Principles of “Sustainable Development” a Result of Neo-Malthusian Conceptual Model....Pages 19-21
The Theoretical Basis Behind the Falsification of the Theory of Malthus and Verification of Condorcet’s Confuted Model....Pages 23-26
“Progressive Development” the Modern Version of Condorcet’s Conceptual Model....Pages 27-32
Development of Groundwater, the Fundamental Resource of Projects Based on the Principle of Progressive Development....Pages 33-36
Progressive Development by Greening the Deserts, to Mitigate Global Warming and Provide New Land and Income Resources....Pages 37-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Progressive Development and Groundwater Resources of Israel....Pages 45-56
The Negev Desert of Israel – A Conceptual Plan of a Progressive Development Project for an Arid Region....Pages 57-69
Progressive Development in the Marine Environment....Pages 71-79
Progressive Development of New Marine Environments for the Production of Marine Vegetation....Pages 81-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-88
Some Examples of Development in the Desert Belts....Pages 89-91
Sustainability in the Desert?....Pages 93-94
The Potential of Progressive Development....Pages 95-96
The Feasibility of Progressive Development....Pages 97-101
Modelling the Impact of Climate Change and Irrigation by the Geographic Law of Soil Zonality....Pages 103-113
The Socio-Economic Framework: What Can be Learned from Earlier Failures?....Pages 115-117
Strategic Environmental Assessment to Assess and Monitor Sustainable Resource Use in Progressive Development: Potentials and Limitations....Pages 119-130
Discussion and Conclusion....Pages 131-133
Back Matter....Pages 137-152