03211nam 2200637 a 450 991081663310332120240404151708.01-282-76120-X9786612761201981-4280-54-2(CKB)2490000000001636(EBL)1681255(OCoLC)729020572(SSID)ssj0000414176(PQKBManifestationID)12163869(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414176(PQKBWorkID)10385773(PQKB)10376925(MiAaPQ)EBC1681255(WSP)00000578 (Au-PeEL)EBL1681255(CaPaEBR)ebr10422485(CaONFJC)MIL276120(EXLCZ)99249000000000163620100607d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClimate and society climate as resource, climate as risk /Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch1st ed.Hackensack, N.J. World Scientificc20101 online resource (150 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4280-53-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Catastrophes4.7. The Influence of Climate Changes on Society5. Zeppelin Manifesto on Climate Protection; 6. Summary and Prospects; Index<i>Climate and Society</i> 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 culturaClimatic changesSocial aspectsClimatic changesEconomic aspectsHuman beingsClimatic factorsClimatic changesSocial aspects.Climatic changesEconomic aspects.Human beingsClimatic factors.363.73874Stehr Nico147271Storch H. v(Hans von),1949-1331063MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816633103321Climate and society4065672UNINA