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Heat, a History : Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet.
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| 著者・編者 | Barak, On, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (U. California Pr., US) |
| 出版年月 | 2024.08 |
| ページ数 | 328 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜725-1344 725-706＞ |
解説
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2025
"In this provocative book, both witty and profoundly serious, Barak provides a human-scale history of the causes and consequences of rising temperatures in the Middle East. He brings the abstractions of carbon footprints and greenhouse gas emissions to vivid, tangible life"."-Foreign Affairs
Despite the flames of record-breaking temperatures licking at our feet, most people fail to fully grasp the gravity of environmental overheating. What acquired habits and conveniences allow us to turn a blind eye with an air of detachment? Using examples from the hottest places on earth, Heat, a History shows how scientific methods of accounting for heat and modern forms of acclimatization have desensitized us to climate change.
Ubiquitous air conditioning, shifts in urban planning, and changes in mobility have served as temporary remedies for escaping the heat in hotspots such as the twentieth-century Middle East. However, all of these measures have ultimately fueled not only greenhouse gas emissions but also a collective myopia regarding the impact of rising temperatures. Identifying the scientific, economic, and cultural forces that have numbed our responses, this book charts a way out of short-term thinking and towards meaningful action.