In the shadow of melting glaciers
Subtitle: climate change and Andean society
By: Mark Carey.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195396065; 9780195396072
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Peru; Glaciers -- Peru; Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Peru; Environmental engineering -- Peru; Emergency management -- Peru; Peru -- Environmental conditions; Andes Region -- Environmental conditions; Blanca, Cordillera (Peru) -- Environmental conditions; Peru -- Social conditions; Blanca, Cordillera (Peru) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Melted ice destroys a city : Huaraz, 1941; title: Geo-racial disorder beneath enchanted lakes; title: Engineering the Andes, nationalizing natural disaster; title: High development follows disasters; title: In pursuit of danger : defining and defending hazard zones; title: The story of vanishing water towers; title: The risk of neoliberal glaciers; title: Appendix 1: Glacier-related disasters in Cordillera Blanca history; title: Appendix 2: Government entities conducting glacier and glacial lake projects; title: Appendix 3: Selected Cordillera Blanca glacial lake security projects.