 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.
Read more |   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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