Carey, Mark <br/><br/>
In the shadow of melting glaciers :  climate change and Andean society / 
Mark Carey. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - vii, 273 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195396072 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009025809 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB006306  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Climatic changes--Peru.<br/>Glaciers--Peru.<br/>Climatic changes--Social aspects--Peru.<br/>Environmental engineering--Peru.<br/>Emergency management--Peru.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Peru--Environmental conditions.<br/>Andes Region--Environmental conditions.<br/>Blanca, Cordillera (Peru)--Environmental conditions.<br/>Peru--Social conditions.<br/>Blanca, Cordillera (Peru)--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.6985 CAR