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resilience and adaptive capacity of social-environmental systems in colonial Mexico by Endfield, Georgina H

“…Civilization collapse scenarios highlight what for some are worrying parallels between past case studies and societies under threat from apparently…”
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Critical perspectives on historical collapse by Butzer, Karl W., Endfield, Georgina H.

“…Historical collapse of ancient states or civilizations has raised new awareness about its possible relevance to current issues of sustainability, in the…”
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Situating 1816, the 'year without summer', in the UK by Veale, Lucy, Endfield, Georgina H

“…The immediate local impacts of the eruption of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, Indonesia in April 1815 were devastating, resulting in the loss of an estimated 60 000…”
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Cultural spaces of climate by Endfield, Georgina, Morris, Carol

“…Issue Title: Special Issue: The Cultural spaces of climate…”
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Narratives of nineteenth century drought in southern Africa in different historical source types by Nash, David J., Klein, Jørgen, Endfield, Georgina H., Pribyl, Kathleen, Adamson, George C. D., Grab, Stefan W.

“…Single- to multiple-year drought episodes posed significant challenges for agrarian communities across southern Africa during the nineteenth century and hence…”
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Community perception, adaptation and resilience to extreme weather in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico by Metcalfe, Sarah E., Schmook, Birgit, Boyd, Doreen S., De la Barreda-Bautista, Betsabe, Endfield, Georgina E., Mardero, Sofia, Manzón Che, Maria, Medina González, Roger, Munguia Gil, Maria Teresa, Navarro Olmedo, Santana, Perea, Alejandra

“…Perceptions of climate change, the impacts of and responses to climatic variability and extreme weather are explored in three communities in the Yucatan…”
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Water and vertical territory: the volatile and hidden historical geographies of Derbyshire's lead mining soughs, 1650s-1830s by Endfield, Georgina H., Van Lieshout, Carry

“…This paper is concerned with the complex subterranean politics of lead mining in the Derbyshire Peak District. We focus specifically on the implications of…”
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The role of drought in agrarian crisis and social change: the famine of the 1890s in south-eastern Africa by Pribyl, Kathleen, Nash, David J., Klein, Jørgen, Endfield, Georgina H.

“…During the second half of the 1890s, south-eastern Africa was hit by a drought-driven ecological crisis. Using records previously unexploited for climate and…”
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Rainfall variability over Malawi during the late 19th century by Nash, David J., Pribyl, Kathleen, Endfield, Georgina H., Klein, Jørgen, Adamson, George C. D.

“…Annual rainfall reconstruction for northern (region 1), central (region 2), and southern (region 3) Malawi derived from historical documentary sources. CR…”
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Exploring Particularity: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Memory in Climate Change Discourses by Endfield, Georgina H.

“…Though frequently referred to in the risk, hazards, and disaster literature, vulnerability has become an important concept in the field of environmental change…”
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Multi-proxy summer and winter precipitation reconstruction for southern Africa over the last 200 years by Neukom, Raphael, Nash, David J, Endfield, Georgina H, Grab, Stefan W, Grove, Craig A, Kelso, Clare, Vogel, Coleen H, Zinke, Jens

“…This study presents the first consolidation of palaeoclimate proxy records from multiple archives to develop statistical rainfall reconstructions for southern…”
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Archival explorations of climate variability and social vulnerability in colonial Mexico by Endfield, Georgina H

“…In this paper, unpublished archival documentary sources are used to explore the vulnerability to-and implications of-climatic variability and extreme weather…”
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Seasonal rainfall variability in southeast Africa during the nineteenth century reconstructed from documentary sources by Nash, David J, Pribyl, Kathleen, Klein, Jørgen, Neukom, Raphael, Endfield, Georgina H, Adamson, George C. D, Kniveton, Dominic R

“…Analyses of historical patterns of rainfall variability are essential for understanding long-term changes in precipitation timing and distribution. Focussing…”
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Exploring the role of the amateur in the production and circulation of meteorological knowledge by Endfield, Georgina H., Morris, Carol

“…There is a growing scholarship on the role of the amateur, and amateur societies, in the production and circulation of weather and climate knowledge in the…”
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Historical narratives of weather extremes in the UK by Endfield, Georgina H.

“…This article focuses on a research project seeking to explore the implications of extreme weather events in UK history. The research draws on a wide range of…”
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Climate, Conflict and Society: Changing Responses to Weather Extremes in Nineteenth Century Zululand by Klein, Jørgen, Nash, David J., Pribyl, Kathleen, Endfield, Georgina H., Hannaford, Matthew

“…Changing climates affect human societies differently depending on societal structures, cultural perceptions and their relative vulnerability and resilience. In…”
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Gordon Valentine Manley and his contribution to the study of climate change: a review of his life and work by Endfield, Georgina H., Veale, Lucy, Hall, Alexander

“…British climatologist and geographer, Gordon Manley (1902–1980), is perhaps best known for his pioneering work on climate variability in the UK, for…”
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'Splendid rains have fallen': links between El Niño and rainfall variability in the Kalahari, 1840-1900 by Nash, David J, Endfield, Georgina H

“…This study uses a range of published and unpublished historical documentary sources to explore the nature of rainfall variability in the Kalahari Desert and…”
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Tropical cyclone activity over Madagascar during the late nineteenth century by Nash, David J., Pribyl, Kathleen, Klein, Jørgen, Endfield, Georgina H., Kniveton, Dominic R., Adamson, George C. D.

“…ABSTRACT Tropical cyclones (TCs) represent the most significant natural hazard for the economy and population of Madagascar. Planning for the impacts of future…”
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'Well weather is not a girl thing is it?' Contemporary amateur meteorology, gender relations and the shaping of domestic masculinity by Endfield, Georgina H., Morris, Carol

“…Although there is a growing scholarship on the history of amateur meteorology, contemporary amateur meteorology has tended to remain a largely invisible social…”
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