A research report submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Science.
5 June 2017 in Johannesburg / Global climate change and its related actual and potential impacts to society has
called for studies that look to the past to better understand historical climate
trends and how they may inform future climate trends. Specific in this area of
research is environmental histories, wherein information on historical climate
events and disasters are retrieved from historical documentary sources, i.e.
archives, in order to study the potential causes and effects of these occurrences,
as well as levels of vulnerability and resilience through the analysis of coping and
adaptation strategies of societies. / MT 2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/23503 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Somers, Rabia |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (99 leaves), application/pdf |
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