Slow Catastrophes
Living with Drought in Australia
Living with drought is one of the biggest issues of our times. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fifty years global warming will increase both the frequency and severity of these phenomena. Stories of drought are familiar to us, accompanied by images of dead sheep, dry dams, cracked earth, farmers leaving their lands, and rural economic stagnation. Drought is indeed a catastrophe, played out slowly. But as Rebecca Jones reveals in this sensitive account of families living on the Australian land, the story of drought in this driest continent is as much about resilience, adaptation, strength of community, ingenious planning for,…
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- ISBN: 978-1-925495-43-0
- EAN: 9781925495430
- Produktnummer: 23370722
- Verlag: Monash University Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 404 S.
- Masse: H15.6 cm x B23.5 cm x D3.1 cm 554 g
- Gewicht: 554
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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