Author:
Carey, Mark (Mark P.)
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Descriptionvii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Melted ice destroys a city : Huaraz, 1941 -- Georacial disorder beneath enchanted lakes -- Engineering the Andes, nationalizing natural disaster -- High development follows disasters -- In pursuit of danger : defining and defending hazard zones -- The story of vanishing water towers -- The risk of neoliberal glaciers -- Appendix 1: Selected Cordillera Blanca glacial lake security projects -- Appendix 2: Glacier-related disasters in Cordillera Blanca history -- Appendix 3: Government entities conducting glacier and glacial lake projects.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
