In the shadow of melting glaciers: climate change and Andean society
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Main Author: Carey, Mark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2010
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Melted ice destroys a city : Huaraz, 1941 -- Georacial disorder beneath enchanted lakes -- Engineering the Andes, nationalizing natural disaster -- High development follows disasters -- In pursuit of danger : defining and defending hazard zones -- The story of vanishing water towers -- The risk of neoliberal glaciers -- Appendix 1: Selected Cordillera Blanca glacial lake security projects -- Appendix 2: Glacier-related disasters in Cordillera Blanca history -- Appendix 3: Government entities conducting glacier and glacial lake projects
Physical Description:VII, 273 S. Ill., Kt. 25 cm
ISBN:9780195396065
0195396065
9780195396072
0195396073

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