In the shadow of melting glaciers : climate change and Andean society / Mark Carey.
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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: vii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780195396072
- Climatic changes -- Peru
- Glaciers -- Peru
- Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Peru
- Environmental engineering -- Peru
- Emergency management -- Peru
- Peru -- Environmental conditions
- Andes Region -- Environmental conditions
- Blanca, Cordillera (Peru) -- Environmental conditions
- Peru -- Social conditions
- Blanca, Cordillera (Peru) -- Social conditions
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Melted ice destroys a city : Huaraz, 1941 -- Georacial disorder beneath enchanted lakes -- Engineering the Andes, nationalizing natural disaster -- High development follows disasters -- In pursuit of danger : defining and defending hazard zones -- The story of vanishing water towers -- The risk of neoliberal glaciers -- Appendix 1: Selected Cordillera Blanca glacial lake security projects -- Appendix 2: Glacier-related disasters in Cordillera Blanca history -- Appendix 3: Government entities conducting glacier and glacial lake projects.
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