Contents
Introduction
Introduction to “Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western
Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Abdelazim M. Negm, El-Sayed E. Omran, Erina Iwasaki, and Salwa F. Elbeih
The Egyptian Western Desert: Water, Agriculture and Culture
of Oasis Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Soher Hussen Ibrahem Mohamed
Geology, Geomorphology, Archaeology and Climate
Geology of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Elsayed A. Zaghloul
Geomorphology of Dakhla Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Atef Moatamed A. Mohamed
Archaeological Sites in Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt . . . . . . . . . . 73
Elsayed A. Zaghloul
Climate Features of Dakhla Oasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Reiji Kimura
Land Use, Soil and Cultivation
Aeolian Sand Transport Potential and Its Environmental Impact
in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Abbas M. Sharaky
Soil Conditions of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Abdelaziz B. A. Belal, El-Sayed S. Mohamed, Mostafa A. Abdellatif,
and Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman
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