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Climates and Societies - A Climatological Perspective - A Contribution on Global Change and Related Problems Prepared by the Commission on Climatology of the International Geographical Union (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997)
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Climates and Societies - A Climatological Perspective - A Contribution on Global Change and Related Problems Prepared by the Commission on Climatology of the International Geographical Union (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997)
Series: GeoJournal Library, 36
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The impact of climate on human activities and the effect of humans
on cli mate are two of the most important areas of inquiry in
climatology. These interactions conducted through physical,
chemical and biological process es were described as early as Roman
and Greek times. Marcus Vitruvius (75-25 B. C. ), a famous Roman
engineer and architect, made the following observation about the
climatic conditions necessary for founding a city: Land ideal for
the health is slightly elevated and there should be neither fog nor
frost. The direction of the slope and the distance to the swamps,
lakes, and beaches must also be considered. The prevailing wind
directions, observed by a wind tower at the center of the city,
like Horologium at Athens, should be taken into consideration in
city planning. The main and narrow streets should be placed in the
middle angle of the two prevailing wind directions. Then the
location of the Pantheons and squares should be decided. The
influence of humans on climate was a major subject for discussion
in the 19th century, inspired in part, by the rapid industrial
growth and expanding deforestation of the time. D. L. Howard wrote
brilliant pieces on the climate of London in the 1830s, while G .
P. Marsh discussed the effects of forests on precipitation in the
U. S . A. in the second half of the 19th century."
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