Contents
List of Plates page / xiii Volume Editor's Preface / xv Units of measurement / xix
Part 1: The Land 1 Physical Geography / 3 By W. B. Fisher, Professor of Geography, University of Durham 2 Geology / 111 by j . v. Harrison, University of Oxford 3 Geomorphology / 186 by K. Scharlau, Late Professor of Geography, University of Marburg 4 The Origin Of The Zagros Defiles / 195 by T. M. Oberlander, University of California, Berkeley J Climate / 212 by M. H. GANJI, Director General of the Iranian Meteorological Service, and Professor, University of Tehran 6 Soils / 250 By M. L. Dew An, Land and Water Development Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, and J. Famouri, Director, Soil Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Iran Note on Clays by R. H. S. Robertson 7 Hydrography / 264 by T. M. Oberlander, University of California, Berkeley 8 Vegetation / 280 by H. Bobek, Professor of Geography, University of Vienna 9 Mammals / 294 by x. De Misonne, Institut Royaldes Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels 10 Zoogeographic Analysis Of The Lizard Fauna of Iran / 305 by s. c. ANDERSON, Department of Amphibians and Reptiles, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 11 Ornithology / 372 by s. Jervis Read, Foreign Office, London
Part 2: The People 12 Early Man In Iran page / 395 by E. Sunderland, University of Durham 13 Geography Of Settlement / 409 by X. Deplanhol, Professor of Geography, University of Nancy Note on sources by Judith A. Brown, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge 14 Population / 468 by J. Behnam, Social Research Institute, Tehran
Part 3: Economic Life 15 Minerals 489 by j . v. Harrison, University of Oxford 16 Industrial Activities / 517 by A. Melamid, Professor of Geography, New York University 17 Communications, Transport, Retail Trade and Services / 552 by A. Melamid, Professor of Geography, New York University 18 Agriculture / 565 by H.Bowen-Jones, Professor of Geography, University of Durham 19 Water Use In North-East Iran / 599 by D. J. Flower, University of Alberta 20 Pastoralism, Nomadism and the Social Anthropology of Iran / 611 by E. Sunderland, University of Durham 21 Land Reform In Iran / 684 by K. S. Mclachlan, School ofOriental and African Studies, University of London
Part 4: Conclusion 22 The Personality Of Iran / 717 by W. B. Fisher, Professor of Geography, University of Durham
Bibliography / 741
Conversion Tables / 765
Index / 767 |