Climatic and Ecological Change in the Americas A Perspective from Historical Ecology

This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region and thro...

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Main Author: Whitaker, James Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: United Kingdom Taylor & Francis 2023
Routledge
Edition:1
Series:New Frontiers in Historical Ecology
Subjects:
Anthropology
Applied ecology
Araucaria Araucana
Archaeology
Archaeology by period / region
Cal BP
Clam Gardens
Clam Harvesting
Climate change
climatic
Conservation of the environment
Cultural Keystone Species
Culture & institutions
Denser
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
ecological
ecology
environmental anthropology
Fire Resilience
Forest Gardens
French Guiana
Geography
High Severity Fires
Historical Ecology
History and Archaeology
Human geography
Interdisciplinary studies
Late Holocene
Lightning Ignitions
Low Intertidal
Maroni River
Maya Forest
Medieval Climatic Anomaly
Mogollon Rim
Nonfiction
Physical geography and topography
Pollution and threats to the environment
Ponderosa Pine Forests
Prairie Peninsula
pre-Columbian
Quadra Island
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Regional / International studies
Sea Water
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology
Sociology and anthropology
The environment
Late Holocene
Prairie Peninsula
French Guiana
Araucaria Araucana
climatic
Cultural Keystone Species
Maroni River
Low Intertidal
Sea Water
pre-Columbian
ecology
Quadra Island
environmental anthropology
Cal BP
Forest Gardens
Lightning Ignitions
Denser
Fire Resilience
ecological
anthropology
Mogollon Rim
Historical Ecology
Medieval Climatic Anomaly
Ponderosa Pine Forests
Climate Change
Maya Forest
Clam Harvesting
High Severity Fires
Clam Gardens
ISBN:9781000924305, 1000924300, 9781032321073, 9781032327433, 103232743X, 1032321075, 1003316492, 9781003316497, 1000924386, 9781000924381
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Summary:This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region and throughout time. In recent years, Indigenous and local populations in particular have experienced climate change effects such as altered weather patterns, seasonal irregularities, flooding and drought, and difficulties relating to subsistence practices. Understanding and dealing with these challenges has drawn on peoples’ longstanding experience with climate variability and in some cases includes models of mitigation and responses that are millennia old. With contributions from specialists across the Americas, this volume will be of interest to scholars from fields including anthropology, archaeology, geography, environmental studies, and Indigenous studies.
Bibliography:Electronic reproduction. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
ISBN:9781000924305
1000924300
9781032321073
9781032327433
103232743X
1032321075
1003316492
9781003316497
1000924386
9781000924381
DOI:10.4324/9781003316497