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Climate, Change and Risk de Thomas Downing

Climate, Change and Risk

Editat de Thomas Downing, A. Olsthoorn, R.S.J. Tol
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 dec 1998
Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of 'extreme' weather related events and our ability to cope with them. It focuses on society's responses, insurance matters and methodologies for the analysis of climatic hazards. Drawing on worldwide research from the leading names in the field this volume explores the changes in weather hazards that might be expected as the global climate changes.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415170314
ISBN-10: 0415170311
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.88 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Recenzii

"This book begins with a bang..one can only be impressed by the daunting amount of investigative and factual data that has been assembled, sifted and evaluated. It is a courageous attempt to assess the trends evident in severe weather events with their manifest consequences for mankind" Peter Rogers, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre

Cuprins

Foreword Preface 1. Climate, Change and Risk: Introduction 2. Climate Change, Climatic Hazards and Policy Responses in Australia 3. Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Clay Shrinkage Induced Land Subsidence 4. Agricultural Drought in Europe: Site, Regional and National Effects of Climate Change 5. Flooding in a Warmer World 6. A Concise History of Riverine Floods and Flood Management in the Dutch Rhine Delta 7. Hurricane Impacts in the Context of Climate Variability, Climatic Change and Coastal Management Policy on the Eastern US Sea-Board 8. On Assessing the Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Developed Coasts 9. Tropical Cyclones in the Southwest Pacific: Impacts on Pacific Island Countries with Particular Reference to Fiji 10. Impacts of Windstorms in the Netherlands: Present Risk and Prospects for Climate Change 11. Heat Waves in a Changing Climate 12. Economic Analysis of Natural Disasters 13. An Analytical Review of Weather Insurance 14. Identifying Barriers and Opportunities for Policy Responses to Changing Climatic Risks

Notă biografică

Thomas Downing, A. Olsthoorn, R.S.J. Tol

Descriere

Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of climatic hazards and climate change, focusing on societal responses, insurance and methodologies for analysis.