Glaciers : the politics of ice / / Jorge Daniel Taillant
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| Autore: |
Taillant Jorge Daniel <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Glaciers : the politics of ice / / Jorge Daniel Taillant
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 551.31/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Glaciers |
| Glacial erosion | |
| Glaciers - Environmental aspects | |
| Glaciers - Social aspects | |
| Classificazione: | SCI026000 |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2015. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- How to Read this Book -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dynamiting Glaciers -- Chapter 2: What is a Glacier? -- Chapter 3: The Birth of Cryoactivism -- Chapter 4: Invisible Glaciers -- Chapter 5: The Barrick Veto -- Chapter 6: Life without Glaciers -- Chapter 7: Resurgence -- Chapter 8: Amazing Glacier Stuff -- Chapter 9: Implementation -- Chapter 10: The Human Right... to Glaciers? -- Chapter 11: Final Words -- Annex: -- 1) The Argentine National Glacier Protection Law -- 2) Bibliography -- 3) About the Author. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Glaciers are one of the worlds most important natural resources, and yet they are largely unprotected by environmental policy. This book is a scientific, cultural, and political examination of the worlds ice, showing all the ways in which glaciers are critical to our global ecosystem and making suggestions for protecting them better in the future. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Glaciers |
| ISBN: | 0-19-756292-2 |
| 0-19-936727-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797179503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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