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2017-2018
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Conferences 2016-2017:
BTMID Seminars 2016-17
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BTMID is no longer active within the SIDEER
Since 2017
BTMID is no longer active within the SIDEER
Since 2017
BTMID is no longer active within the SIDEER
Since 2017
BTMID is no longer active within the SIDEER
Since 2017
BTMID is no longer active within the SIDEER
Since 2017
Since 2017 Bona Terra Department of Man in the Desert - BTMID - is no longer part of the SIDEER.
The faculty members fo BTMID have been integrated into the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, main campus.
Research topics in the Social Studies Unit include anthropology, sociology, regional development, human geography, and economic history of people in drylands. Interdisciplinary investigations also include resource and proactive contingency planning, and crisis management. Special attention is given to processes of urban and rural settlement of Bedouin.
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Researchers identify, study, and formulate solutions to specific problems of desert habitation, which stem both from natural conditions, such as resource availability and climate, and from human issues which take on special significance in an arid environment: thermal comfort, energy consumption, construction technology, urban form and regional development.
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Since 2017 Bona Terra Department of Man in the Desert - BTMID - is no longer part of the SIDEER.
The faculty members fo BTMID have been integrated into the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, main campus.
