Climate and society [[electronic resource] ] : climate as resource, climate as risk / / Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch
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| Autore: |
Stehr Nico
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| Titolo: |
Climate and society [[electronic resource] ] : climate as resource, climate as risk / / Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch
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| Pubblicazione: | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.73874 |
| Soggetto topico: | Climatic changes - Social aspects |
| Climatic changes - Economic aspects | |
| Human beings - Climatic factors | |
| Altri autori: |
StorchH. v <1949-> (Hans von)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Society5. Zeppelin Manifesto on Climate Protection; 6. Summary and Prospects; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <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 cultura |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Climate and society |
| ISBN: | 1-282-76120-X |
| 9786612761201 | |
| 981-4280-54-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780724303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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