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Climate and Society: Climate as Resource, Climate as Risk

By Hans von Storch , Nico Stehr

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
2009
ISBN
981-4280-53-4, 978-981-4280-53-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3458866 bytes)
Pages
145\145
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2015-12-12 14:00:00

Description

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 managing climate, in particular by steering the greenhouse gas emissions. Most importantly, the concepts of climate as a resource for societies are discussed and the emergence of climate non-constancy and its impact, studied. In essence, this book provides an absorbing account of the cultural history of climate and relates it to contemporary scientific knowledge about climate, climate change and its impact

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