Drought and the human story : braving the bull of heaven
Record details
- ISBN: 140940501X
- ISBN: 9781409405016
- ISBN: 1409472655
- ISBN: 9781409472650
- ISBN: 1409405028
- ISBN: 9781409405023
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2013.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-298) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Drought in World History -- Defining Drought -- Documenting Drought -- The Causes of Drought -- The Scope of Drought Impacts -- Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts -- Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? -- Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community -- The Scientists and Drought -- The Coming Droughts. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Restrictions: NLC students and staff only. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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