Preface / Klaus D. Timmerhaus -- Energy resources located in arid lands / William H. Drescher -- Socioeconomic and cultural impacts of energy resource development on Indian lands / Thomas Leubben -- Arid land inhabitant attitudes toward energy resource recovery development / Thomasine Hill Troisi and John L. Thames -- Environmental impacts of energy resource recovery in arid lands -- Cyrus M. McKell -- Legislative requirements for the development of energy resources / James D. Merets and Frank F. Skillern -- Incentives for energy resource recovery / Glen D. Weaver -- Processes for energy resource recovery in desert regions / Roshan B. Bhappu -- Infrastructure and financial requirements for energy resource development / D.G. Nichols and G.R. Stairs.