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Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management

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Aridity is a term that most people conceptually understand, and it evokes images of dry, desert lands with sparse natural surface-water bodies and rainfall, and commonly only scant vegetation, which is adapted to a paucity of water.

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  1. Schlumberger Water Services, 1567 Hayley Lane, Suite 202, Fort Myers, 33907, FL, USA

    Robert Maliva

  2. Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia

    Thomas Missimer

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Maliva, R., Missimer, T. (2012). Aridity and Drought. In: Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29104-3_2

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