Climate And Society : Climate As Resource, Climate As Risk.
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...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover13; -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Overview -- 2. A Historical Overview of Thinking about Climate -- 3. Climate as Limiting Condition and Resource -- 3.1. Climate as an Environmental Experience -- 3.2. Climate as a Scientific System -- 3.3. Climate as a Social Construct -- 3.4. Society and Humans as a Climate Construct -- 4. Climate as Risk and Hazard -- 4.1. The History of Ideas about Climate Change -- 4.2. Natural Climate Variability -- 4.3. Excursus:Who Owns the Weather in 2025? -- 4.4. Anthropogenic Climate Change -- 4.5. Climate Change as a Social Construct -- 4.6. The History of Anthropogenic Climate Catastrophes -- 4.7. The Influence of Climate Changes on Society -- 5. Zeppelin Manifesto on Climate Protection -- 6. Summary and Prospects -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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 histor. | ||
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