A world after climate change and culture-shift /

In this book, an international team of environmental and social scientists explain two powerful current change-engines and how their effects, and our responses to them, will transform Earth and humankind into the 22nd-century (c.2100). This book begins by detailing the current state of knowledge abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Norwine, Jim (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer, 2014 Dordrecht : [2014]
Subjects:	Climatic changes > Political aspects Climatic changes > Social aspects Human beings > Effect of climate on Climate change Environmental protection SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography Sustainable development Social Sciences Climate Change Impacts Environment, general Human Geography Interdisciplinary Studies Regional and Cultural Studies Electronic books

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Imagining the Unimaginable by Jim Norwine
Section A Setting the Stage: Chapter 2 Estrangement: A Beginner's Guide to the Strangeness of the World by Jonathan M. Smith
Chapter 3 Global Climate Change by Gerald R. North
Chapter 4 An Evolving Worldview: Culture-shift in University Students by Michael Bruner, John Davenport, and Jim Norwine: Section B Imagining a World: General Impacts and Implications: Chapter 5 Field Notes from the Future: Environmental Conditions at Four Locali- ties in 2100 by Michael Jennings
Chapter 6 Getting from Here to There: Policy Pathways to Address Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change by Koko Warner
Chapter 7 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thoughts on Possible Outcomes by John Davenport: Section C Imagining a World: Specific Regional Impacts and Implications: Chapter 8 Europe 2050-2100: Imagining New Lifeways/Lifestyles by Anke Uhlenwinkel and Niem Huynh
Chapter 9 The Projected Death of the Fertile Crescent by Pinhas Alpert, Fengjun Jin, and Akio Kitoh
Chapter 10 The Future of the Middle East by Yilmaz Ari, Ilhan Kaya, and Hakki Yazici
Chapter 11 Imagined Lifeways in North America ca. 2100 by Mark Bjelland, Michael Bruner, and John Davenport
Chapter 12 Climate Change and Its Impact on Cultural Shifts in East and Southeast Asia by Niem Huynh, Wen Lin, L. Renee Ness, Darlene Occena-Gutierrez, and Duy Xuân Tran: Section D Inhabiting an Imagined World: Better or Worse? Four Interpretations
Chapter 13 The Postmodern Environment by Gladden J. Pappin
Chapter 14 Blissful Devolution: Our Rolling Judgment Day by David J. Nemeth
Chapter 15 The Guilt of Hollow Men: Global Warming as Postmodern Apocalypse by Jonathan M. Smith
Chapter 16 Colliding with Reality: Liquid Modernity and the Environment by Arran Gare
Chapter 17 Epilogue: The End of the Artic as We Know It by Robert Harriss
Index
Chapter 1 Introduction: Imagining the Unimaginable by Jim Norwine
Section A Setting the Stage: Chapter 2 Estrangement: A Beginner's Guide to the Strangeness of the World by Jonathan M. Smith
Chapter 3 Global Climate Change by Gerald R. North
Chapter 4 An Evolving Worldview: Culture-shift in University Students by Michael Bruner, John Davenport, and Jim Norwine: Section B Imagining a World: General Impacts and Implications: Chapter 5 Field Notes from the Future: Environmental Conditions at Four Locali- ties in 2100 by Michael Jennings
Chapter 6 Getting from Here to There: Policy Pathways to Address Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change by Koko Warner
Chapter 7 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thoughts on Possible Outcomes by John Davenport: Section C Imagining a World: Specific Regional Impacts and Implications: Chapter 8 Europe 2050-2100: Imagining New Lifeways/Lifestyles by Anke Uhlenwinkel and Niem Huynh
Chapter 9 The Projected Death of the Fertile Crescent by Pinhas Alpert, Fengjun Jin, and Akio Kitoh
Chapter 10 The Future of the Middle East by Yilmaz Ari, Ilhan Kaya, and Hakki Yazici
Chapter 11 Imagined Lifeways in North America ca. 2100 by Mark Bjelland, Michael Bruner, and John Davenport
Chapter 12 Climate Change and Its Impact on Cultural Shifts in East and Southeast Asia by Niem Huynh, Wen Lin, L. Renee Ness, Darlene Occena-Gutierrez, and Duy Xuân Tran: Section D Inhabiting an Imagined World: Better or Worse? Four Interpretations
Chapter 13 The Postmodern Environment by Gladden J. Pappin
Chapter 14 Blissful Devolution: Our Rolling Judgment Day by David J. Nemeth
Chapter 15 The Guilt of Hollow Men: Global Warming as Postmodern Apocalypse by Jonathan M. Smith
Chapter 16 Colliding with Reality: Liquid Modernity and the Environment by Arran Gare
Chapter 17 Epilogue: The End of the Artic as We Know It by Robert Harriss
Index

A world after climate change and culture-shift /

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