Living with environmental change: waterworlds

This book explores how people across the world think about environmental change and how they act upon the perception of past, present and future opportunities. Drawing on the ethnographic fieldwork of expert authors, it sheds new light on the human experience of and social response to climate change by taking us from the Arctic to the Pacific, from the Southeast Indian Coastal zone to the West-African dry-lands and deserts, as well as to Peruvian mountain communities and cities.

This highly original contribution to the anthropological study of climate change is a must-read for all those wanting to understand better what climate change means on the ground and interested in a sustainable future for the Earth."--Pub. desc.

Part 1 Water -- 1. Introduction / Kirsten Hastrup -- 2. Narwhals and Navigators on the Arctic Sea / Kirsten Hastrup -- 3. Ephemeral Tsunamis, Emotional Waves, and Enduring Islands / Maria Louise B. Robertson -- 4. Sea Water to the Mountain Top: The Hydrological Cycle in Chivay, Peru / Astrid B. Stensrud -- 5. Bursting Bodies of Water / Mattias B. Rasmussen -- 6. When it Rains and the River Grows / Astrid O. Andersen -- 7. The Elusive Pleasure of Rain in the Sahel / Jonas Ø. Nielsen -- 8. Dams: Management versus Luck / Mette F. Olwig -- 9. Water as Power and Destroyer / Frank Sejersen -- 10. New Opportunities turning into Disaster / Anette Reenberg -- 11. Coastal Gardens and their Magic / Frida Hastrup -- 11. The Sprawled Way of Detergents / Cecilie Rubow -- 12. Droughts: Complex Social Phenomena / Christian Vium -- 13. Water Quantity vs. Water Quality / Laura V. Rasmussen -- 14. Fixed and Fluid Waters: Mirroring the Arctic and the Pacific / Kirsten Hastrup and Maria Louise B. Robertson -- Part 2. Technology -- 15. Introduction / Cecilie Rubow -- 16. Sea Level and Coastal Protection / Cecilie Rubow -- 17. Urbanizing Water in a Context of Scarcity / Christian Vium -- 18. A Job-Machi…