Climate And Society : Climate As Resource, Climate As Risk.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: World Scientific 2009.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique.
Êtres humains > Influence du climat.
Human beings > Effect of climate on
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Electronic resource.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. A Historical Overview of Thinking about Climate
  • 3. Climate as Limiting Condition and Resource
  • 3.1. Climate as an Environmental Experience
  • 3.2. Climate as a Scientific System
  • 3.3. Climate as a Social Construct
  • 3.4. Society and Humans as a Climate Construct
  • 4. Climate as Risk and Hazard
  • 4.1. The History of Ideas about Climate Change
  • 4.2. Natural Climate Variability
  • 4.3. Excursus:Who Owns the Weather in 2025?
  • 4.4. Anthropogenic Climate Change
  • 4.5. Climate Change as a Social Construct
  • 4.6. The History of Anthropogenic Climate Catastrophes
  • 4.7. The Influence of Climate Changes on Society
  • 5. Zeppelin Manifesto on Climate Protection
  • 6. Summary and Prospects
  • Index.

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