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QC903 .C55 2009eb
QC903
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C55
2009eb
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1849710899
1849774412
9781849710893
9781849774413
9781849710893
9781849774413
b740746
Climate change as environmental and economic hazard /
[Book]
guest editor Boris Porfiriev.
Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2009.
1 online resource (168-240 pages) :
illustrations.
Environment hazards: human and policy dimensions ;
18/3
Includes bibliographical references.
Editorial -- Climate change: A hazard or an opportunity? by Boris Porfiriev; Research article: Strengthening socio-ecological resilience through disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Identifying gaps in an uncertain world; Research article: United States hurricane landfalls and damages: Can one- to five-year predictions beat climatology?; Research article: Building a low-carbon economy: The inaugural report of the UK Committee on Climate Change; Research article: Managing natural disaster risks in a changing climate.
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The current policy for climate change prioritises mitigation over adaptation. The collected papers of Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard argue that although efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are still vital, the new policy paradigm should shift the priority to adaptation, with a special focus on disaster risk reduction. It should also consider climate change not purely as a hazard and a challenge, but as a window of opportunity to shift to a new sustainable development policy model, which stresses the particular importance of communities' resilience. The papers in thi.
Climatic changes-- Economic aspects.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes-- Economic aspects.
Climatic changes.
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QC903
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C55
2009eb
Porfirʹev, B. N., (Boris Nikolaevich)
20201204014131.0
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