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Title
Water, Environment and Society in Times of Climatic Change
Series
IHP Non Serial Publications in Hydrology
Serial Number
 
Project
IHP-V Project 1.4
Authors
A.S. Issar and N. Brown (Eds.)
Publication Date
1998, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume
 
Abstract
Contributions from an International Workshop within the framework of UNESCO’s IHP, held at Ben-Gurion University, Sede Boker, Israel, from 7-12 July 1996.  
 
This volume addresses climate variability and its human impact during the Holocene. The various contributions were presented during the July 1996 Negev University workshop and provide an interdisciplinary, integrative overview. Some chapters document and discuss climate variability and paleo-hydrology using stable isotopes, radiocarbon, pollen and other proxy data. The mechanisms causing climate variability are also extensively discussed.  
The response of historical human communities to change in climate (temperature and hydrological) is documented for a number of geographical areas and time periods using historical and archaeological data.  
The paleo-climate and paleo-hydrology results may help us constrain and improve predictive models. The historical record of societal response to climate variability may provide guidance on the adaptability of societies to future global and climatic change.  
This volume will be of interest to paleo-hydrologists, paleo-climatologists, palynologists, Quarternary geologists, physical geographers, archaeologists, and other scientists interested in climate change and history.  
The workshop was organized in close co-operation with the IHP and is a major contribution to IHP-V project 1.4.  
(372 pp., hardbound)  
 
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Availability
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Languages
English
ISBN or Document Code
ISBN 0-7923-5282-3
Price
US$ 159
Keywords
climate variability, climate change, paleo-hydrology, isotopes, radiocarbon, paleo-climatology, geology
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