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Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries
edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1992), 460 page(s)
As we approach the end of the twentieth century, public and scientific attention is focusing increasingly on the detection and assessment of changes in our environment. This unique volume addresses the potential implications of global warming for fisheries and the societies which depend on them.
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edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1992), 460 page(s)
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As we approach the end of the twentieth century, public and scientific attention is focusing increasingly on the detection and assessment of changes in our environment. This unique volume addresses the potential implications of global warming for fisheries and the societies which depend on them.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Fisheries, Climate change, Sociology, Ecology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992
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6: Drought Follows the Plow: Cultivating Marginal Areas*
written by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992; edited by Stahis S. Panagides, fl. 1996, Antonio Magalhaes, fl. 1992 and Jesse C. Ribot, fl. 1996; in Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-arid Tropics (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1996), 125-128
Climate changes can trigger major disasters to occur. These contributors look at the underlying causes as to why certain communities are affected more than others. Case studies from across the globe are examined, with a view to discerning the possible effects global warming might bring, and the actions that conseq...
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written by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992; edited by Stahis S. Panagides, fl. 1996, Antonio Magalhaes, fl. 1992 and Jesse C. Ribot, fl. 1996; in Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-arid Tropics (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1996), 125-128
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Climate changes can trigger major disasters to occur. These contributors look at the underlying causes as to why certain communities are affected more than others. Case studies from across the globe are examined, with a view to discerning the possible effects global warming might bring, and the actions that consequently must be taken.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Contributor
Stahis S. Panagides, fl. 1996, Antonio Magalhaes, fl. 1992, Jesse C. Ribot, fl. 1996
Author / Creator
Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1996, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Deforestation in the Amazon, Climate change, Environmental impact analysis, Agriculture, Droughts, Sociology, Ecology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996
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1. Sustainable development and creeping environmental problems in the Aral Sea region
written by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992; in Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1999), 1-25
This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century: the slow onset of incremental changes which affected the Aral Sea region and its peoples. It provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and r...
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written by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992; in Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1999), 1-25
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This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century: the slow onset of incremental changes which affected the Aral Sea region and its peoples. It provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and researchers of environmental studies, global change, political science and history.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1999, 2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Aral Sea, Water resources development, Environmental disasters, Lakes, Ecology, Northern Uzbek, Russians, Kazakh, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999
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