Synopsis
These online audio resources consist of lectures, seminars and interviews from the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.
Episodes
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The role of NGOs in the Drylands Development Paradigm
24/02/2011 Duration: 19minMike Mortimore talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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Inferences on retrospective climate of Thar desert through luminescence dating of aeolian and lacustrine sequences
24/02/2011 Duration: 19minAshok Singhvi, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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Groundwater and irrigation in Balochistan, Pakistan
24/02/2011 Duration: 14minDr Daanish Mustafa, Dept. of Geography, King's College London, talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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Climate change and cultural transitions over the last 160,000 years in NW Africa
24/02/2011 Duration: 13minAngela Vaughan, School of Archaeology, Oxford, talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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Rejecting authenticity in the desert landscapes of the modern Middle East (Oman)
24/02/2011 Duration: 15minDr Dawn Chatty, Development Studies, Oxford, talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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Livelihood sustainability in drylands
24/02/2011 Duration: 14minProfessor Andy Dougill, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, talks at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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The significance of deserts in shaping the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens
24/02/2011 Duration: 32minDr Michael Petraglia, School of Archaeology, Oxford, delivers the introductory address at the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference hosted by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, on the 15-16 April 2010.
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Riding the Perfect Storm: World on the Edge, When will the Big Bubble Burst
08/02/2011 Duration: 49minLester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington DC, gives a lecture for the Linacre Lecture Series; Riding the Perfect Storm.
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Earth: A Three Act Structure
28/01/2011 Duration: 54minRelevance of geological ideas to contemporary environmental issues.' Professor Iain Stewart, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth.