Drought and the Human Story: Braving the Bull of Heaven - Image 1

£158.33

Routledge Drought and the Human Story: Braving the Bull of Heaven

Name: Drought and the Human Story: Braving the Bull of Heaven
Brand: Routledge
Price: 158.33 GBP
Availability: InStock

Business & Economic History

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£158 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 44 days • 44 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 44 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £160 (36 days, 81.8%)

Price range: £158 - £160

Price levels: 2 different prices over 44 days

Description

Drought has been a long companion in the human story. Mythologised as the devastating Bull of Heaven in one of the earliest heroic legends to come out of Mesapotamia, drought has continued to wreak havoc upon societies, in many cases playing a significant role in their final demise. For societies in the 21st Century drought hovers on all horizons, the ultimate drought-proofing of society - long sought - remains elusive. This study of the human conceptualization of drought in a global setting examines the historical record from early human society through to present day concerns to explore how and why attitudes to drought have changed and why the mitigation of its impacts has become more difficult. To offer a more lasting strategy for protection against drought, the author argues that physical scientists need to combine their skills in understanding global ecology and their technological expertise with the social scientists' awareness of the socio-economic, political and cultural contexts in which modern societies operate. Both will have to ensure that their cooperative strategies for drought management will be understood and supported by the public. If this cooperation can be achieved, the future rampages of the Bull of Heaven may be contained.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 140940501X
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories > Business & Economic History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 17 January 2013
Listed Since: 13 June 2012

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge Drought and the Human Story: Braving the Bull of Heaven

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Droughts, Food and Culture: Ecological Change and Food Security in Africa’s Later Prehistory

Drought Challenges: Policy Options for Developing Countries (Volume 2) (Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 2)

Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe: 14 (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 14)

Droughts, Floods, and Global Climatic Anomalies in the Indian Ocean World (Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies)

Interpretations of Calamity: From the Viewpoint of Human Ecology: 4 (Routledge Library Editions: Ecology)

Drought Assessment

Managing Soil Drought (Advances in Soil Science)

The Course of Human History:: Civilization and Social Process (Sources and Studies in World History)

Learning, Environment and Sustainable Development: A History of Ideas

Drought Early Warning and Forecasting: Theory and Practice

The End of Desertification?: Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands (Springer Earth System Sciences)

The End of Desertification?: Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands (Springer Earth System Sciences)

Land Degradation, Desertification and Climate Change: Anticipating, assessing and adapting to future change (Climate and Development)

The Arid Frontier: Interactive Management of Environment and Development: 41 (GeoJournal Library, 41)

A Brief Social History of Tuberculosis: Key Challenges to Global Health (Routledge Focus)

Waiting for the End of the World?: New Perspectives on Natural Disasters in Medieval Europe (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs)

The Anthropology of Climate Change: An Historical Reader (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Walking into the Void: A Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology of Walking (Contemporary Liminality)

Climatic and Ecological Change in the Americas: A Perspective from Historical Ecology (New Frontiers in Historical Ecology)

The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)

Droughts and Agricultural Production: Monitoring and Management

Weather, Climate, Culture

Assessing Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change: Making Research Useful for Adaptation Decision Making and Policy

Aridity: Droughts and Human Development