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Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley

By Steven Mithen , Emily Black

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0521769574, 9780521769570
Google Books ID
LbdAnZft2F4C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28170897 bytes)
Series
International Hydrology
Edition
1
Pages
544\544
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

A unique interdisciplinary study of the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society from 20,000 years ago to the present day within the Jordan Valley. It describes how state-of-the-art models can simulate the past, present and future climates of the Near East, reviews and provides new evidence for environmental change from geological deposits, builds hydrological models for the River Jordan and associated wadis and explains how present day urban and rural communities manage their water supply. The volume provides a new approach and new methods that can be applied for exploring the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the world. It is an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students concerned with the impacts of climate change and hydrology on human society, especially in the Near East.

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