Saudi Arabia: An Environmental Overview

by Peter Vincent

A comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia’s environment, this volume is a unique and authoritative text on the geological and environmental aspects of Saudi Arabia, a country about which little is known by the outside world. Saudi Arabia is a fascinating country with a long tradition of environmental awareness and sensitivity, pitted against some of the harshest environments on earth. The book brings together a wide range of published and unpublished material which will be of interest to environmental scientists, geologists, geographers and biologists. A comprehensive bibliography is included. This book will be indispensable for university courses dealing with the Middle East and arid zone environments as well as various regional/environmental courses.

332 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Mohammad Aljishi]

The first chapter of the book, "an environment discovered", provides a decent chronology of the number of traveler's who had documented their travels to Arabia. Although he mentions all European explorers until the beginning of the 20th century, the author does not provide any historical depth to the details of the journeys taken.