This study of the human conceptualization of drought in a global setting examines the historical record from early human society through to present day concerns to explore how and why attitudes to drought have changed and why the mitigation of its impacts has become more difficult. To offer a more lasting strategy for protection against drought, the author argues that physical scientists need to combine their skills in understanding global ecology and their technological expertise with the social scientists' awareness of the socio-economic, political and cultural contexts in which modern societies operate.…mehr
This study of the human conceptualization of drought in a global setting examines the historical record from early human society through to present day concerns to explore how and why attitudes to drought have changed and why the mitigation of its impacts has become more difficult. To offer a more lasting strategy for protection against drought, the author argues that physical scientists need to combine their skills in understanding global ecology and their technological expertise with the social scientists' awareness of the socio-economic, political and cultural contexts in which modern societies operate.
R.L. Heathcote retired as Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: Drought in World History Chapter 2: Defining Drought Chapter 3: Documenting Drought Chapter 4: The Causes of Drought Chapter 5: The Scope of Drought Impacts Chapter 6: Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts Chapter 7: Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 8: Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? Chapter 9: Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community Chapter 10: The Scientists and Drought Chapter 11: The Coming Droughts
Chapter 1: Drought in World History Chapter 2: Defining Drought Chapter 3: Documenting Drought Chapter 4: The Causes of Drought Chapter 5: The Scope of Drought Impacts Chapter 6: Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts Chapter 7: Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 8: Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? Chapter 9: Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community Chapter 10: The Scientists and Drought Chapter 11: The Coming Droughts
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