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Climates and Societies
Masatoshi . Ed(S): Yoshino
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Description for Climates and Societies
hardcover. Global change is caused mainly by climatic variation and change and activities of human societies. This book aims to describe these facts from the various space scales - global, regional and local - and addresses many of the issues raised in the debate on climate change. Editor(s): Yoshino, Masatoshi. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBKF; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
The impact of climate on human activities and the effect of humans on cli mate are two of the most important areas of inquiry in climatology. These interactions conducted through physical, chemical and biological process es were described as early as Roman and Greek times. Marcus Vitruvius (75-25 B. C. ), a famous Roman engineer and architect, made the following observation about the climatic conditions necessary for founding a city: Land ideal for the health is slightly elevated and there should be neither fog nor frost. The direction of the slope and the distance to the swamps, lakes, and beaches ... Read more
The impact of climate on human activities and the effect of humans on cli mate are two of the most important areas of inquiry in climatology. These interactions conducted through physical, chemical and biological process es were described as early as Roman and Greek times. Marcus Vitruvius (75-25 B. C. ), a famous Roman engineer and architect, made the following observation about the climatic conditions necessary for founding a city: Land ideal for the health is slightly elevated and there should be neither fog nor frost. The direction of the slope and the distance to the swamps, lakes, and beaches ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Geojournal Library
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792343240
SKU
V9780792343240
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Ref
99-15
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