Climatic Effects on Individual, Social, and Economic Behavior A Physioeconomic Review of Research Across Disciplines |
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| Author:
| Parker, Philip |
| Series title: | Bibliographies and Indexes in Geography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-313-29400-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO, LLC
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| Imprint: | Greenwood |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $126.95 |
Book Description:
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This first interdisciplinary review on how climate affects human behavior provides an introductory framework for research in the field, surveys climatic data around the world, and covers over 3,000 sources. The bibliography is organized topically into chapters dealing with physiological, psychological, sociological, and economic effects of climate on people. The bibliography identifies important sources relating to acclimation, allergies, diet, diseases, affective disorders,...
More DescriptionThis first interdisciplinary review on how climate affects human behavior provides an introductory framework for research in the field, surveys climatic data around the world, and covers over 3,000 sources. The bibliography is organized topically into chapters dealing with physiological, psychological, sociological, and economic effects of climate on people. The bibliography identifies important sources relating to acclimation, allergies, diet, diseases, affective disorders, aggression, personality, mental illnesses, accidents and injuries, crime, fertility, mortality, migration, suicide, consumer and industrial behavior, macroeconomic policy, and methodologies. A detailed author, subject, and country and regional index make this careful review easily accessible for varied use by students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, and business persons or managers.