| Drought Follows the Plow Contributor(s): Glantz, Michael H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521477212 ISBN-13: 9780521477215 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: Michael Glantz draws attention to the relationship between society and climate change. He examines the notion that 'drought follows the plow.' With contributions from colleagues in the worst hit areas of the world, the author challenges what is a nineteenth-century belief, that human activity can bring an increase in rainfall. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General |
| Dewey: 333.761 |
| LCCN: 94004148 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.95" W x 8.96" (0.82 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We are now in the Age of Environmental Enlightenment and global warming is seen as a major threat to the well-being of the world's communities. Today many researchers speculate that with global warming of the atmosphere there will be an increase in drought-related crop failures in areas already subject to drought. They contend that dry areas will get drier and wet areas wetter. Yet observations show that people are moving into regions that are relatively less fruitful with respect to agriculture productivity than the lands from which they emigrated. This book challenges the view that future droughts will be caused by climate change as opposed to human activities and demographic change. The author predicts future problems in these fragile environments, whether or not global climate changes occur. This book will intrigue researchers in environmental biology, environmental sciences, popular science, and agriculture, as well as policy makers and students. |