01811nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10632283 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120525s2012 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2012018720 9781409405016 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781409405023 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)823730337 QC929.24 .H43 2012eb 363.34/92909 23 Heathcote, R. L. Drought and the human story [electronic resource] : braving the bull of heaven / by R.L. Heathcote. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012. xvi, 301 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Drought in World History -- Defining Drought -- Documenting Drought -- The Causes of Drought -- The Scope of Drought Impacts -- Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts -- Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? -- Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community -- The Scientists and Drought -- The Coming Droughts. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Droughts History. Droughts Social aspects History. Human ecology History. World history. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10632283 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 70686 70686