Drought and the human story : braving the bull of Heaven /: braving the bull of Heaven. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By R.L. Heathcote.
• Other Names: Heathcote, R. L
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (318 pages)
• Subjects: 363.34/92909; Droughts -- History; Droughts -- Social aspects -- History; Human ecology -- History; World history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317147756; 1317147758
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.