Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia
Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia
Jade d'Alpoim Guedes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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USDThe 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.
- Integrates archaeology and environmental science data, allowing the reader to assess the impacts of past climate change on the development of farming strategies
- Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the scientific literature on past climate changes with proxy data
- Contains a detailed summary of predicted future changes in rainfall, temperature and sea-level, providing an objective overview of future potential risks to farming systems in Asia
Product details
February 2021Adobe eBook Reader
9781009028530
0 pages
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Temporal Variations in the Asian Monsoon
- 3. Monsoon and Societies in Southwest Asia
- 4. Origins of a Uniquely Adaptive Farming System: Rice Farming Systems in Monsoon Asia
- 5. Dryland Farming in the Northern Monsoon Frontier
- 6. Recent Changes in Monsoon Climate
- 7. Future Monsoon Predictions
- References
- Index.
