Drought and the human story [electronic resource] : braving the bull of heaven / by R.L. Heathcote.
Publication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012.Description: xvi, 301 pISBN:- 9781409405016 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781409405023 (e-book)
- 363.34/92909 23
- QC929.24 .H43 2012eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drought in World History -- Defining Drought -- Documenting Drought -- The Causes of Drought -- The Scope of Drought Impacts -- Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts -- Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? -- Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community -- The Scientists and Drought -- The Coming Droughts.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.