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2000 Years of Cultural Adaptation to Climate Change in the Southwestern United States
Ist Teil von
Ambio, 2008-11, Vol.37 (sp14), p.489-497
Ort / Verlag
Sweden: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
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MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Modern concerns with climate change often overlook the extensive history of both climate change and human adaptation over the millennia. While questions of human–climate system causation are important, especially to the extent that our current behavior is driving environmental change, human societies have experienced multiple climate changes in the past, independent of causation. The histories of cultural adaptation to those changes can help us understand the dynamic interaction between climate and society, expanding the possibilities for “proactive adaptation” that may be available to us today. The underlying principles of cultural adaptation are generally independent of the source of the climate change, and the lessons of the past can suggest social and economic paths that can lead toward sustainability and away from collapse.