In the shadow of melting glaciers: climate change and Andean society
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Beteilige Person: Carey, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2010
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195396065.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195396065.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195396065.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195396065.001.0001
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Melted ice destroys a city : Huaraz, 1941 -- Georacial disorder beneath enchanted lakes -- Engineering the Andes, nationalizing natural disaster -- High development follows disasters -- In pursuit of danger : defining and defending hazard zones -- The story of vanishing water towers -- The risk of neoliberal glaciers -- Appendix 1: Selected Cordillera Blanca glacial lake security projects -- Appendix 2: Glacier-related disasters in Cordillera Blanca history -- Appendix 3: Government entities conducting glacier and glacial lake projects
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 273 S.) Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0195396065
0195396073
9780195396065
9780195396072
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195396065.001.0001