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Author:

Taillant, Jorge Daniel, 1968-

Title:

Glaciers : the politics of ice / Jorge Daniel Taillant.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Glaciers.
Glacial erosion.
Glaciers--Environmental aspects.
Glaciers--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

0199367256
9780199367252

LCCN:

2014043381

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

ZVPB675 -- Whiting Public Library (Whiting)