Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Ci... - 9781107030084

Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in AsiaAuthor(s): Peter D. Clift, Jade d'Alpoim Guedes\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107030084, 978-1107030084\nSynopsis\nThe 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 c.