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Benjamin S. Orlove
Prof. Benjamin S. OrloveSchool of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, room 833
New York, NY 10027
United States of America
E-mail: bso5(at)columbia.edu
Additional functions:
fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
editor, Current Anthropology
investigator, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University, New York
Key Publications of Benjamin S. Orlove (up to ten) :
2003 Benjamin S. Orlove and Sarah Strauss, eds. Weather, culture, climate. London: Berg.
2002 Benjamin Orlove. Lines in the water: nature, culture and power in Lake Titicaca. Berkeley: University of California Press.
2000 Benjamin S. Orlove, John C. H. Chiang, and Mark A. Cane. Forecasting Andean rainfall and crop yield from the influence of El Niño on Pleiades visibility. Nature 403:68-71.
1999 Benjamin S. Orlove. Biological and cultural diversity of Lake Titicaca: issues of indigenous technology, law and identity. In Hiroya Kawanabe, George W. Coulter and Anna C. Roosevelt, eds. Ancient lakes: their cultural biological diversities. Ghent, Belgium: Kenobi Productions. Pp. 101-111.
1996 Benjamin S. Orlove and Stephen Brush. Anthropology and the conservation of biodiversity. Annual Review of Anthropology 25:329-352.
Expertise of Benjamin S. Orlove:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Atmosphere | Global Warming |
| Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
| Topic Biosphere | Biodiversity |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
| Topic Politics/Law | Adaptation |
| Topic Society | Organisations / Institutions |
| Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes | |
| Topic Culture/History | Ethics / Cultural Values |
| Art / Folklore / Symbols / Language | |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Social Sustainability | |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Past: Historical / Archeological | |
| Recent / Today | |
| Statistical Focus | Mean Change / Trends |
| Variability | |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial | |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires | |
| Data Collection - Documents, Archives | |
| Literature Study | |
| Policy Analysis and Formation | |
| Applied Research / Technology |
Specialties of Benjamin S. Orlove:
interview, archival and ethnographic study of human communities influenced by glacial retreat. traditional and indigenous knowledge and adaptations in Andean highlands.
Research Summary 2008
Last update: 11/6/19
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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