CLIMATE & SOCIETY: Climate as Resource, Climate as Risk - Hardcover

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9789814280532: CLIMATE & SOCIETY: Climate as Resource, Climate as Risk
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ISBN 10: 9814280534 ISBN 13: 9789814280532
Verlag: World Scientific, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Climate and Society presents from a transdisciplinary view, climate and its changes, impact and perception. The history of climate and its different approaches over time -- which are anthropocentric and more system-oriented, academic and application-driven -- are reviewed, as are the possibilities of managing climate, in particular by steering the greenhouse gas emissions. Most importantly, the concepts of climate as a resource for societies are discussed and the emergence of climate non-constancy and its impact, studied. In essence, this book provides an absorbing account of the cultural history of climate and relates it to contemporary scientific knowledge about climate, climate change and its impact.

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Climate and Society presents from a transdisciplinary view, climate and its changes, impact and perception. The history of climate and its different approaches over time which are anthropocentric and more system-oriented, academic and application-driven are reviewed, as are the possibilities of managing climate, in particular by steering the greenhouse gas emissions. Most importantly, the concepts of climate as a resource for societies are discussed and the emergence of climate non-constancy and its impact, studied. In essence, this book provides an absorbing account of the cultural history of climate and relates it to contemporary scientific knowledge about climate, climate change and its impact.

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Verlag
World Scientific
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9814280534
ISBN 13 
9789814280532
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
150
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