The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their retreat since about 1850. The effects on the landscape and the daily life of people have been particularly apparent in Norway and the Alps. This major book places an extensive body of material relating to Europe, in the form of documentary evidence of the history of the glaciers, their portrayal in paintings and maps, and measurements made by scientists and others,...
The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the ...
This volume reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment. The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape. It has been at the centre of vast empires since before Roman times, and is still frequently affected by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. It is characterized and set apart from other areas by the presence of the Mediterranean Sea and its current environmental problems can have social and economic impacts for, or...
This volume reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment. The Mediterranean has been subject to changing hu...
Climate change is the most prominent of all global environmental issues and cities have an important role in addressing the challenges it poses. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability. In the post-Rio era, international organisations and transnational networks have promoted the need for local action on global...
Climate change is the most prominent of all global environmental issues and cities have an important role in addressing the challenges it poses. As ke...
"imalayan Perceptions" identifies the confusion of misunderstanding, vested interests, changing perceptions, and institutional unwillingness to base Himalayan development policy on sound scientific knowledge. It analyzes the large amount of new research published since 1989 and thoroughly refutes the entire construct. It examines recent social and economic developments in the region and identifies warfare, guerrilla activities, and widespread oppression of poor ethnic minorities as the primary cause for the instability that pervades the entire region. Ives argued that the development...
"imalayan Perceptions" identifies the confusion of misunderstanding, vested interests, changing perceptions, and institutional unwillingness to base H...
Ferocious debates have always characterized the interpretation of Earth history. After a generally quieter period during the first half of the twentieth century, controversies re-ignited in many branches of the Earth and life sciences in the 1960s. Plate and plume tectonics, cosmic catastrophism, giant tsunamis, the origin of ice ages, punctuated equilibrium, the Gaia hypothesis, and many more have all led to intense arguments. The Natural History of the Earth probes selected discussions within biology, climatology, geology, and geomorphology and...
Ferocious debates have always characterized the interpretation of Earth history. After a generally quieter period during the first half of the t...
Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability. In the post-Rio era, international organizations and transnational networks have promoted the need for local action on global environmental issues. Part I considers the implications of these...
Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, citi...
History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories, which have arisen regarding man's progress through the ages. Central to the book is the question of whether climate variation is a fundamental trigger mechanism from which other historical sequences develop, or one amongst a number of other factors, decisive only when a regime/society is poised for change....
History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draw...
Using a broad selection of classic and current sources, The Natural History of the Earth probes selected discussions within biology, climatology, geology, and geomorphology and explores a selection of debates about Earth and life history, considering their origins and their present state-of-play. After outlining the arguments, placing them in an historical context and indicating their significance, the book goes on to deal with specific debates. In the geosphere section, topics covered include geological processes, the bombardment hypothesis, frigid climates and cataclysmic floods, and in the...
Using a broad selection of classic and current sources, The Natural History of the Earth probes selected discussions within biology, climatology, geol...
This book restores water, both fresh and salt, to its central position in human endeavour, ecology and environment. Water access and the environmental and social problems of development are major issues of concern in this century. Drawing on water's many formations in debating human relationship with a major source of life and a major factor in contemporary politics, this book covers oceans and rivers to lagoons, billabongs and estuaries in Asia, Oceania and the West Pacific. In an interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary analysis of the water problem, the contributors address the physical...
This book restores water, both fresh and salt, to its central position in human endeavour, ecology and environment. Water access and the environmen...
