Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107030084)

The Asian monsoon and associated river systems supply the water that sustains a large portion of humanity, and has enabled Asia to become home to some of the oldest and most productive farming systems on Earth. This book uses climate data and environmental models to provide a detailed review of variations in the Asian monsoon since the mid-Holocene, and its impacts on farming systems and human settlement. Future changes to the monsoon due to anthropogenically-driven global warming are also discussed. Faced with greater rainfall and more cyclones in South Asia, as well as drying in North China and regional rising sea levels, understanding how humans have developed resilient strategies in the past to climate variations is critical. Containing important implications for the large populations and booming economies in the Indo-Pacific region, this book is an important resource for researchers and graduate students studying the climate, environmental history, agronomy and archaeology of Asia.

Author: Peter D. Clift, Jade D'Alpoim Guedes
ISBN-10: 1107030080
ISBN-13: 9781107030084
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2021
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2022