Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses to such events are a crucial component of any research that seeks to understand the nature of events that might take place in the future. Yet all such events need to be situated for their implications to be understood.
This book is the first to explore the cultural contingency of extreme and unusual weather events and the ways in which they are recalled, recorded or forgotten. It illustrates how geographical context, particular physical conditions, an area's social and economic activities and embedded cultural knowledges and infrastructures all affect community experiences of and responses to unusual weather. Contributions refer to varied methods of remembering and recording weather and how these act to curate, recycle and transmit extreme events across generations and into the future. With international case studies, from both land and sea, the book explores how and why particular weather events become inscribed into the fabric of communities and contribute to community change in different historical and cultural contexts.
This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical and cultural geography, environmental anthropology and environmental studies.
Автор: Joanna Boileau Название: Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand ISBN: 3319847651 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319847658 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Joanna Boileau Название: Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand ISBN: 3319518704 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319518701 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16070.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Human Resource.- Chapter 3: The Physical Environment.- Chapter 4: Making a Living in New Gold Mountain.- Chapter 5. Small Businesses on the Land.- Chapter 6. New Ideas in New Lands.- Chapter 7: The Social Environment.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
Описание: Disasters in Australia and New Zealand brings together a collection of essays on the history of disasters in both countries. Rich in oral history and archival research, Disasters in Australia and New Zealand offers practical and illuminating insights that will appeal to historians and disaster scholars across multiple disciplines.
Описание: A Historical Geography of Tourism in Victoria, Australia – Case studies is concerned with the emergence of tourism in colonial Victoria, Australia. It explores a fundamental set of questions: how does a tourist site come in to being? How does a tourist gaze emerge in a ‘settler society’? How does an ‘era of discovery’ segue into ‘tourism’? And, how was the tourist map of Victoria created by settler colonists? Through the application of the classical models of MacCannell, Butler, and Gunn to construct the history of tourism at eight case studies, this work shows that Victoria’s tourism landscape is dynamic and constantly changing. There are many other significant natural and cultural attractions in Victoria and much more research needs to be undertaken to understand more fully the evolution of Victoria’s tourism landscape.
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