West Without Water - What Past Floods, Droughts, Other Climatic Clues Tell Us About

Prof. Dr. Helmut Geyer ist Professor für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Fachhochschule Jena. Darüber hinaus wirkt er als Dozent an der Bankakademie Frankfurt/ Main in den Fachgebieten Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre und International Finance. Zuvor war er viele Jahre für deutsche Grossbanken in der Firmenkundenfinanzierung tätig.

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B. Lynn Ingram is Professor of Geography and Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Frances Malamud-Roam is an Associate Environmental Planner and Biologist at Caltrans, and visiting scholar in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Riassunto

Documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. This book demonstrates the extended droughts and catastrophic floods that have plagued the West with regularity over the past two millennia.

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• Autori: B Lynn Ingram, B. Lynn Ingram, B. Lynn Malamud-Roam Ingram, Lynn Ingram, Ingram B. Lynn, Lynn Ingram, Frances Malamud-Roam, Malamud-Roam Frances
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9780520286009
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28600-9
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia aziendale; NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Science / Environmental Science, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply