The Future of Arid Lands edited by Gilbert White and published in 1956 comprised papers
delivered at the International Arid Lands Meetings held in New Mexico in 1955. At these
meetings experts considered the major issues then confronting the world's arid lands and
developed a research agenda to address these issues. This book reexamines this earlier work and
explores changes in the science and management of arid lands over the past 50 years within
their historical contexts.
