In the shadow of melting glaciers : climate change and Andean society

In the shadow of melting glaciers climate change and Andean society

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 n...

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1. Verfasser: Carey, Mark (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. Oxford University Press 2010
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Climatic changes > Glaciers > Social aspects > Environmental engineering > Emergency management > Peru > Environmental conditions > Andes Region > Blanca, Cordillera (Peru) > Social conditions > Cordillera Blanca > Gletscherrückzug > Klimaänderung > Gesellschaft > Geschichte 1941-2010
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vii, 273 Seiten
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25 cm
ISBN:0195396065
0-19-539606-5
0195396073
0-19-539607-3
9780195396065
978-0-19-539606-5
9780195396072
978-0-19-539607-2