TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nelson,James Gordon
TI  - Amid Shifting Sands: Ancient History, Explosive Growth, Climate Change and the Uncertain Future of the United Arab Emirates
SN  - 9781398479562
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Austin Macauley Publishers
KW  - Klimaänderung
KW  - Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Fernzugriff
N1  - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; Intro -- Amid Shifting Sands -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright Information © -- Introduction -- Figure 1 - The United Arab Emirates -- Clarifications -- Chapter 1 European Exploration and Travel -- Figure 2 - Routes Across the Sands (Taylor, 2005) -- Selected References -- Chapter 2 Early Peopling -- Figure 3 - Possible Homo erectus Migration Routes into Arabia (Vincent, 2008) -- Selected References -- Chapter 3 From Nomadism to an Urban Nation -- Figure 4 - Political Units (Emirates) of the United Arab Emirates -- Selected References -- Chapter 4 Explosive Growth and Conservation -- Figure 5: Marine and Coastal Habitats in Abu Dhabi Emirate (Abu Dhabi State of the Environment, 2007) -- Selected References -- Chapter 5 Gardens, Parks, and Protected Areas in Dubai -- Figure 6: Gardens and Meadows around Samarkand (Wilber, 1979) -- Selected References -- Chapter 6 From Souks to Malls -- Selected References -- Chapter 7 The Mosque of Sheikh Zayed -- Selected References -- Chapter 8 Al Ain: An Ancient Oasis -- Figure 7: Hydrography of Water Level Decline at Hili since the Bronze Age (Jorgensen and Al Tikriti, 2002) -- Selected References -- Chapter 9 A Trip to Al Ain -- Figure 8: Mud-Brick Vault Types (Van Beek, 1987) -- Figure 9: Archaeological sites with Brick Arches and Vaults (Van Beek, 1987) -- Selected References -- Chapter 10 A Trip to Liwa and the Edge of the Empty Quarter -- Selected References -- Chapter 11 A Trip to Ras Al Khaimah and the Northern Emirates -- Selected References -- Chapter 12 Fujairah and the Northeast Coast -- Selected References -- Chapter 13 The Musandam Peninsula: An Icon of Natural and Cultural Heritage -- Figure 10: United Arab Emirates, Oman and Musandam Peninsula (Hellyer and Aspinall, 2005) -- Figure 11: Schematic of Late Tectonic History of Hajar Mountains (Hellyer and Aspinall, 2005); Selected References -- Photographs
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