Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: A Race Against Time Contributor(s): Smith, Peter F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138189421 ISBN-13: 9781138189423 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics |
Dewey: 363.69 |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.68 lbs) 216 pages |
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Publisher Description: History reveals how civilisations can be decimated by changes in climate. More recently modern methods of warfare have exposed the vulnerability of the artefacts of civilisation. Bringing together a range of subjects - from science, energy and sustainability to aesthetics theory and civilization theory - this book uniquely deals with climate change and the ensuing catastrophes in relation to cultural factors, urbanism and architecture. It links the evolution of civilisation, with special emphasis on the dynamics of beauty as displayed in architecture and urbanism, to climate change. It then considers both the historic and predicted impacts of climate change and the threat it poses to the continued viability of human civilisation when survival is the top priority. This book gives students, researchers and professionals in architecture and sustainable design as well as anyone interested in the threat of global warming to civilisation, new insights as to what could be lost if action is not taken at a global level. |