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Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Maps, charts & atlases > General
The Multihazard Risk Atlas of Maldives is composed of
Geography-Volume I, Climate and Geophysical Hazards-Volume II,
Economy and Demographics-Volume III, Biodiversity-Volume IV, and
Summary-Volume V. This atlas provides spatial information about
Maldives and thematic maps necessary for assessing future
development investments in terms of climate risks and geophysical
hazards. It is also intended to support the formulation of
cobeneficial options for climate change adaptation and disaster
risk reduction and management. The five-volume atlas is a major
output of the project "Establishing a National Geospatial Database
for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development
Activities and Policies in Maldives" under the Asian Development
Bank's regional knowledge and support (capacity development)
technical assistance Action on Climate Change in South Asia
(2013-2018).
Mountains appear in the oldest known maps yet their representation
has proven a notoriously difficult challenge for map makers. In
this essay, Ernesto Capello surveys the broad history of relief
representation in cartography with an emphasis on the allegorical,
commercial and political uses of mapping mountains. After an
initial overview and critique of the traditional historiography and
development of techniques of relief representation, the essay
features four clusters of mountain mapping emphases. These include
visions of mountains as paradise, the mountain as site of colonial
and postcolonial encounter, the development of elevation profiles
and panoramas, and mountains as mass-marketed touristed
itineraries.
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