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008 150227s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2014043381
020 _a9780199367252 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aGB2405
_b.T35 2015
082 0 0 _a551.31/2
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084 _aSCI026000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aTaillant, Jorge Daniel,
_d1968-
245 1 0 _aGlaciers :
_bthe politics of ice /
_cJorge Daniel Taillant.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2015.
300 _axxi, 334 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine 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.
650 0 _aGlaciers.
650 0 _aGlacial erosion.
650 0 _aGlaciers
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 _aGlaciers
_xSocial aspects.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Environmental Science.
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