Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia

Peter D. Clift; Jade d'Alpoim Guedes

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Peter D. Clift, Louisiana State University, Jade d'Alpoim Guedes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: December 2020
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9781139342889
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139342889

Subjects:: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Climatology and Climate Change, Archaeology, Archaeology of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and The Pacific

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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.

Honourable Mention, 2021 Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Awards

‘Highly recommended.’

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Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers, and the Development of Farming Civilizations in Asia
pp i-ii

Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers, and the Development of Farming Civilizations in Asia - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Acknowledgments
pp viii-viii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-36

2 - Temporal Variations in the Asian Monsoon
pp 37-71

3 - Monsoon and Societies in Southwest Asia
pp 72-111

4 - Origins of a Uniquely Adaptive Farming System:
pp 112-147

5 - Dryland Farming in the Northern Monsoon Frontier
pp 148-185

6 - Recent Changes in Monsoon Climate
pp 186-232

7 - Future Monsoon Predictions
pp 233-280

References
pp 281-334

Index
pp 335-340

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