Climates and societies : a climatological perspective : a contribution on global change and related problems /

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Imprint:Dordrehct ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1997.
Description:xi, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:GeoJournal library v. 36
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2752959
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Other authors / contributors:Yoshino, Masatoshi, 1928-2017
International Geographical Union. Commission on Climatology.
ISBN:0792343247 (hb : alk. paper)
Table of Contents:
  • Human Activities and Environmental Change: A Climatologist's View / Masatoshi Yoshino
  • On Relationships Between Climate Variability and Change, and Societies / Annick Douguedroit
  • Climate Change in Post Glacial Period in Monsoon Asia / Jiacheng Zhang, Yasunori Yasuda and Masatoshi Yoshino
  • Approaches to Climatic Variations During the Historical Era: A Few Examples / Francoise Serre-Bachet
  • Some Statistical Aspects of Observed Regional and Global Climate Change Within the Instrumental Period / C.-D. Schonwiese
  • Climate of the Future: An Evaluation of the Current Uncertainties / H. Le Treut
  • Impacts of the Climate Variability on Human Activities / Annick Douguedroit, Jean-Pierre Marchand and Marie-Francoise de Saintignon [et al.]
  • Society-Climate Systems in Tropical Africa / O. Ojo
  • Climate and Life in the Carribean Basin / Lawrence C. Nkemdirim
  • Climate and Societies in Southeast Asia / K. U. Sirinanda
  • Climatic and Pathological Rhythms in a Humid Tropical Area, the Case of the Philippines / Jocelyne Perard and Jean-Pierre Besancenot
  • Possible Impact on Agriculture Due to Climatic Change and Variability in South America / Fernando Santibanez
  • Climate and Agriculture in China / Ai-Liang Jiang
  • The Climates of the "Polar Regions" / Tadeusz Niedzwiedz
  • Introduction to the Problems on Local Climate and Man / Janusz Paszynski
  • Interactions of Man and Climate in the Urban World - The Influence of Urbanization on the Local Climate and the Influence of Urban Climate on Man / Fritz Wilmers
  • Climates of Tropical and Subtropical Cities / Ernesto Jauregui
  • Air Pollution: A Local Problem Becomes a Global Problem / Heinz Wanner
  • Agricultural Landuse and Local Climate / Masatoshi Yoshino.