Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant.
2015
GB2405 .T35 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant.
ISBN
9780199367252 (hardcover)
0199367256 (hardcover)
0199367256 (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
GB2405 .T35 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.31/2
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Dynamiting glaciers
What is a glacier?
The birth of cryoactivism
Invisible glaciers
The Barrick veto
Life without glaciers
Resurgence
Amazing glacier stuff
Implementation
The human right... to glaciers?
Final words
Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Act.
What is a glacier?
The birth of cryoactivism
Invisible glaciers
The Barrick veto
Life without glaciers
Resurgence
Amazing glacier stuff
Implementation
The human right... to glaciers?
Final words
Appendix: The Argentine National Glacier Act.