R. L. Heathcote

Drought and the Human Story (eBook, ePUB)

Braving the Bull of Heaven

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317147756
• Artikelnr.: 45096555

Autorenporträt

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

Rezensionen

Classified as 'Research Essential' by Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services A Yankee Book Peddler US and UK Core Title for 2013 'This subtle analysis of the historical record through the mind of a noted geographer provides numerous practical messages about how humans conspire - unwittingly - with nature to create drought, and then attempt to mitigate its effects. Very much a book for our times.' Lance Brennan, Flinders University, Australia