ISBN:
9789004444454
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 339 Seiten
Series Statement:
Climate and culture Volume 6
Series Statement:
Climate and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Middle East and North Africa
DDC:
304.20956
Keywords:
Climatic changes Social aspects
;
Climatic changes Social aspects
;
Environmental management
;
Environmental management
;
Human beings Effect of climate on
;
Human beings Effect of climate on
;
Klimaänderung
;
Konflikt
;
Ressourcen
;
Umweltpolitik
;
Internationale Kooperation
;
Kultur
;
Einflussgröße
;
Middle East Environmental conditions
;
Africa, North Environmental conditions
;
Naher Osten
;
Mittlerer Osten
;
Nordafrika
Abstract:
"The volume Middle East and North Africa: Climate, Culture and Conflicts focuses on the intricate interrelationships between nature, culture and society in this ecologically, historically and politically fragile region. As such, it debates ideas of eco-theology from Muslim and Jewish perspectives, followed by mythological interpretations and geo-archeological resp. historical analyses of the interrelationships and impacts of climate and other environmental factors on the development of ancient civilizations and cultures. The section "Present" addresses current conflict scenarios as a result of climate change, i.e. water scarcity, droughts, desertification and similar factors. The final section is concerned with potentials of international cooperation in pursuit of developing and ensuring sustainable energy resources and moves across different scales of environmental and religious education, from awareness raising to perspectives of best practice examples. Contributors are Katajun Amirpur, Helmut Brückner, Eckart Ehlers, Max Engel, Kerstin Fritzsche, Ursula Kowanda-Yassin, Tobias von Lossow, Ephraim Meir, Rosel Pientka-Hinz, Matthias Schmidt, and Franz Trieb"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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