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1  Cover

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Foreword

5  Introduction: Aeolian Dynamics and Processes I.1 Conditions and environments in which wind acts I.2 Aeolian processes I.3 References

6  1 Aeolian Landforms in Deserts 1.1. Forms and surface states 1.2. Ablation forms 1.3. Accumulation formations 1.4. Aeolian systems 1.5 Ergs, the most complex aeolian systems 1.6 Conclusion: a new paradigm to explain the organization and orientation of active dunes 1.7. Martian dunes, still mobile… 1.8. References

7  2 Humans and Winds in Deserts 2.1 Traditional societies and the wind 2.2. The battle against sand encroachment, or the Barrel of the Danaids: the Zouerate railroads (Mauritania) 2.3 The Dust Bowl, the first ecological disaster of the 20th century in a developed country 2.4. The western Algerian Green Barrier, or an error in management 2.5. References

8  3 Living in Deserts 3.1. Humans and the desert 3.2. Bedouin civilizations 3.3. Hydraulic civilization 3.4. A salt civilization? 3.5. Urban civilizations in the desert 3.6. Conclusion 3.7. References

9  List of Authors

10  Index

11  End User License Agreement