Isbn: 9780231112086 - the way the wind blows: climate change, history, and human action (historical ecology series) (3 Ergebnisse)

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Experts in a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences--including geology, climatology, history, and anthropology--consider such topics as the dynamics of climate, human perceptions of and responses to the environment, and issues of sustaina.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Scientists and policymakers are beginning to understand in ever-increasing detail that environmental problems cannot be understood solely through the biophysical sciences. Environmental issues are fundamentally human issues and must be set in the context of social, political, cultural, and economic knowledge. The need both to understand how human beings in the past responded to climatic and other environmental changes and to synthesize the implications of these historical patterns for present-day sustainability spurred a conference of the world's leading scholars on the topic. The Way the Wind Blows is the rich result of that conference. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 413 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.