The Libyan Desert: Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage

The Libyan Desert: Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage

Mattingly, David J. (editor)

The Sahara is Libya's outstanding landscape feature and is the source of most of its significant natural resources. This desert region is also extraordinarily rich in historical and cultural heritage that is in itself another valuable resource, through exploitation by Libya's tourism industry. This volume draws attention to the link between the benefits that Libya draws from its Saharan resources (oil, gas, water, minerals and tourism) and the need to safeguard and record aspects of its cultural heritage. The book also provides a summary of important developments in Saharan studies and shows how these can contribute to modern planning and development of the desert regions.

URI

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90750

Publication date and place

2024

Imprint

British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies

Classification

Archaeology

History of art / art & design styles

African history

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

• Harvested from KU