In the shadow of melting glaciers : climate change and Andean society /
Carey, Mark(Mark P.)
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
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.
Climatic changes
Glaciers
Climatic changes
Environmental engineering
Emergency management