Climate, change and risk / edited by Thomas E. Downing, Alexander A. Olsthoorn, and Richard S.J. Tol...
Climate, change and risk / edited by Thomas E. Downing, Alexander A. Olsthoorn, and Richard S.J. Tol...
Climate, change and risk / edited by Thomas E. Downing, Alexander A. Olsthoorn, and Richard S.J. Tol.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N363.3492/19
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiii, 407 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction / Thomas E. Downing, Megan J. Gawith and Alexander A. Olsthoorn [et al.] -- 2. Climate change, climatic hazards and policy responses in Australia / A. Barrie Pittock, Robert J. Allan and Kevin J. Hennessy [et al.] -- 3. Assessing the potential effects of climate change on clay shrink...
8. On assessing the economic impacts of sea-level rise on developed coasts / J. Jason West and Hadi Dowlatabadi -- 9. Tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific: Impacts on Pacific island countries with particular reference to Fiji / Alexander A. Olsthoorn, W. John Maunder and Richard S. J. Tol -- 1...
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Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of climatic hazards and climate change, focusing on societal responses, insurance and methodologies for analysis. Drawing on primary research from leading researchers world-wide, this volume explores the potential sensitivity to changes in weather hazards that might be expected with climate change. This...
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Climate, change and risk / edited by Thomas E. Downing, Alexander A. Olsthoorn, and Richard S.J. Tol.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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N363.3492/19
Record Identifier
74VvM4bDg5LX
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ISBN
0415170311 (cloth)
9780415170314 (cloth)
DDC
363.3492
MMS ID
991007298819702626
