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Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199367252 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.31/2 23
LOC classification:
  • GB2405 .T35 2015
Other classification:
  • SCI026000
Contents:
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.
Summary: "Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives (often without us knowing), the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity (including climate change and industrial pollution), and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GB2405 .T35 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001395986

"Glaciers is a volume about the role glaciers play in our daily lives (often without us knowing), the risks posed to glaciers from natural and anthropogenic activity (including climate change and industrial pollution), and policies and practices that should be employed to protect this fundamental hydrological reserve"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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