{"product_id":"water-life-and-civilisation-climate-environment-and-society-in-the-jordan-valley-hardback-9780521769570","title":"Water, Life and Civilisation; Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley (Hardback) 9780521769570","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWater, Life and Civilisation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClimate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnique interdisciplinary study of relationships between climate, hydrology and human society in the Jordan Valley for researchers and advanced students.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Mithen (Edited by), Emily Black (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521769570, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages, 239 b\/w illus.  31 colour illus.  87 tables\u003cbr\u003e28 x 22.5 x 3 cm, 1.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA unique interdisciplinary study of the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society from 20,000 years ago to the present day within the Jordan Valley. It describes how state-of-the-art models can simulate the past, present and future climates of the Near East, reviews and provides new evidence for environmental change from geological deposits, builds hydrological models for the River Jordan and associated wadis and explains how present day urban and rural communities manage their water supply. The volume provides a new approach and new methods that can be applied for exploring the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the world. It is an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students concerned with the impacts of climate change and hydrology on human society, especially in the Near East.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: an inter-disciplinary approach to water, life and civilisation\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Past, Present and Future Climate: 2. The present day climate of the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e 3. Past climates of the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e 4. Future climates of the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e 5. Connecting climate and hydrological models for impact studies\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Palaeoenvironmental Record: 6. A review of palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5000 years BP\u003cbr\u003e 7. Palaeoenvironments of the Southern Levant from 5000 BP to the present day\u003cbr\u003e 8. Using proxy data, historical climate data and climate models to investigate aridification during the Holocene\u003cbr\u003e 9. Palaeoenvironmental and limnological reconstruction of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Hydrological Studies of the Jordan Valley: 10. The impacts of climate change on rainfall-runoff in the upper River Jordan: methodology and first projections\u003cbr\u003e 11. Modelling Dead Sea levels and rainfall: past, present and future\u003cbr\u003e 12. The hydrology of the Wadi Faynan\u003cbr\u003e 13. Future projections of water availability in a semi-arid region of the eastern Mediterranean: a case study of Wadi Hasa, Jordan\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Human Settlement, Climate Change, Hydrology and Water Management: 14. The archaeology of water management in the Jordan Valley, 21,000 BP (19,000 BC) – AD 900\u003cbr\u003e 15. From global climate change to local impact in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan: ten millennia of human settlement in its hydrological context\u003cbr\u003e 16. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at Beidha, southern Jordan (ca.18,000–8,500 BP): implications for human occupation during the Natufian and pre-pottery Neolithic\u003cbr\u003e 17. The influence of water on Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age settlement patterns in the southern Levant\u003cbr\u003e 18. Modelling water resources and climate change at the Bronze Age site of Jawa in northern Jordan: a new approach utilising stochastic simulation techniques\u003cbr\u003e 19. A millennium of rainfall, settlement and water-management at Humayma, southern Jordan, 100 BC–900 AD\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Palaeo-Economies and Developing Archaeological Methodologies: 20. The reconstruction of diet and environment in ancient Jordan by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of human and animal remains\u003cbr\u003e 21. Irrigation and phytolith formation: an experimental study\u003cbr\u003e 22. An investigation into the archaeological application of carbon stable isotope analysis used to establish crop water availability: solutions and ways forward\u003cbr\u003e 23. Past plant use in Jordan as revealed by archaeological and ethnoarchaeological phytolith signatures\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Society, Economy and Water Today: 24. Current water demands and future strategies under changing climatic conditions\u003cbr\u003e 25. Water reuse for irrigated agriculture in Jordan: soil sustainability, perceptions and management\u003cbr\u003e 26. Social equity issues and water supply under conditions of 'water stress': a study of low- and high-income households in Greater Amman, Jordan\u003cbr\u003e 27. The role of water and land management policies in contemporary socio-economic development in Wadi Faynan\u003cbr\u003e 28. Political discourses and public narratives on water supply issues in Amman, Jordan\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Conclusions: 29. Overview and reflections: 20,000 years of water and human settlement in the southern Levant\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Hydrology \u0026amp; the hydrosphere [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Hydrology \u0026amp; the hydrosphere\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Hydrology%20\u0026amp;%20the%20hydrosphere%20%5BRBK%5D%22\"\u003eRBK\u003c\/a\u003e], Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265051611416,"sku":"9780521769570","price":87.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521769570i.jpg?v=1692019099","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/water-life-and-civilisation-climate-environment-and-society-in-the-jordan-valley-hardback-9780521769570","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}