Table of Contents

Regional Development and Population Change: Long-Term Development Patterns of Peripheral Desert Settlements; Sustainable Population Growth; Private Construction; The Effect of Remoteness and Isolation on Peripheral Settlements; Modeling the Migration Attractiveness of a Region; The Effect of Public Policy on Population Growth in Peripheral Areas; Ecological-Oriented Options for the Sustainable Development of Drylands; Cities of Cold and Hot Deserts: Physical Environment and Social Attractiveness of Frontier Settlements; Planning Theories vs. Reality; Strategies for Reducing Airborne Dust in Desert Cities; Planning in Desert Environments; The Past as a Key for the Future in Resettling the Desert; Building and Design: A Desert Solar Neighborhood in Sede Boker, Israel; A Bio-Climatic Approach to Desert Architecture; Urban Microclimate in the Desert; Adaptive Architecture: Low-Energy Technologies for Climate Control in the Desert; Case Studies: Desert Settlements in Israel.