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Climates and Societies — A Climatological Perspective pp 21–41Cite as

On Relationships between Climate Variability and Change, and Societies

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Climate is only one of the many physical variables which impact life on Earth. Although humans have experienced the partial control exercised by climate on their economic activities and life style throughout the ages, investigations and wide development of theories on the relationship between climates and societies did not begin until the last several decades. This development gave climate a new perspective, which is being integrated into space and time organization of societies.

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  1. Institute of Geography, Aichi University, Toyohashi, Japan

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  2. Department of Geography, Mainz University, Germany

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  3. Institute of Geography, d’Aix University, France

    Annick Douguédroit

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Douguédroit, A. (1997). On Relationships between Climate Variability and Change, and Societies. In: Yoshino, M., Domrös, M., Douguédroit, A., Paszyński, J., Nkemdirim, L.C. (eds) Climates and Societies — A Climatological Perspective. The GeoJournal Library, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1055-8_2

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