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Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather

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Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses to such events are a crucial component of any research that seeks to understand the nature of events that might take place in the future. Yet all such events need to be situated for their implications to be understood. This book is the first to explore the cultural contingency of extreme and unusual weather events and the ways in which they are recalled, recorded or forgotten. It illustrates how geographical context, particular physical conditions, an area’s social and economic activities and embedded cultural knowledges and infrastructures all affect community experiences of and responses to unusual weather. Contributions refer to varied methods of remembering and recording weather and how these act to curate, recycle and transmit extreme events across generations and into the future. With international case studies, from both land and sea, the book explores how and why particular weather events become inscribed into the fabric of communities and contribute to community change in different historical and cultural contexts. This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical and cultural geography, environmental anthropology and environmental studies.

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ISBN: 9781138207653
Publication date: 27th July 2017
Author: Georgina H. (University of Liverpool, UK) Endfield
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 174 pages
Series: Routledge Research in Historical Geography
Genres: Atmospheric physics
Geophysics
Environmental science, engineering and technology
Human geography
Physical geography and topography
Society and culture: general
Anthropology
Natural disasters
Climate change
Meteorology and climatology