Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 612 g
Reihe: Climate and Culture
Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 612 g
Reihe: Climate and Culture
ISBN: 978-90-04-44445-4
Verlag: Brill
Contributors are Katajun Amirpur, Helmut Brückner, Eckart Ehlers, Max Engel, Kerstin Fritzsche, Ursula Kowanda-Yassin, Tobias von Lossow, Ephraim Meir, Rosel Pientka-Hinz, Matthias Schmidt, and Franz Trieb.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The Mena Region: Climate, Culture, and Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa
Eckart Ehlers and Katajun Amirpur
Part 1: Ideas
1 And We Shall Save the Earth: Muslim Environmental Stewards
Katajun Amirpur
2 Wonder, Gratitude, and Justice as Ingredients for a Jewish Eco-Theology
Ephraim Meir
Part 2: Past
3 Holocene Climate Variability of Mesopotamia and its Impact on the History of Civilisation
Max Engel and Helmut Brückner
4 Destructive Waters—Refreshing Waters: Ancient Near Eastern Aquatic Symbolism at the Dawn of History
Rosel Pientka-Hinz
5 Deserts—Wind—Water: Strategies of Human Adaptations and Renewable Resources in Extremely Arid Environments. A Historical Retrospective
Eckart Ehlers
Part 3: Present
6 The Vanishing of Iran’s Lake Urmia
Matthias Schmidt
7 Water in the Middle East: Hotspots of Scarcity and Conflict
Tobias von Lossow
8 Climate Change and the Emerging Information Societies in the Arab Region
Kerstin Fritzsche
Part 4: Prospects
9 DESERTEC: Europe—Middle East—North Africa Cooperation for Sustainable Energy
Franz Trieb
10 Connecting Religion and the Environment in Islamic Education: Raising Awareness, Exploring Perspectives, and Defining Best Practice
Ursula Kowanda-Yassin
Bibliography
Index