Glaciers
Subtitle: the politics of ice
By: Jorge Daniel Taillant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780199367252
Subjects: Climatic factors; Water-supply; Glacial erosion; Glaciers; Social aspects; Environmental aspects
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: How to read this book; title: Introduction; title: 1. Dynamiting glaciers; title: 2. What is a glacier?; title: 3. The birth of cryoactivism; title: 4. Invisible glaciers; title: 5. The Barrick veto; title: 6. Life without glaciers; title: 7. Resurgence; title: 8. Amazing glacier stuff; title: 9. Implementation; title: 10. The human right... to glaciers?; title: 11. Final words; title: Appendix. The Argentine National Glacier Act.