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020			_a9780511845710 (ebook)
020			_z9781107010161 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHV635.5 _b.N38 2013
082	0	0	_a363.34 _223
245	0	0	_aNatural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change / _cedited by Sarah Boulter, Jean Palutikof, David John Karoly, Daniela Guitart.
246	3		_aNatural Disasters & Adaptation to Climate Change
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (288 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail, and the underlying reasons, and the factors that determine when adaptation is required and when simply bearing the impact may be the more appropriate response. Much has been written about the theory of adaptation, and high-level, especially international, policy responses to climate change. This book aims to inform actual adaptation practice - what works, what does not, and why. It explores some of the lessons we can learn from past disasters and the adaptation that takes place after the event in preparation for the next. This volume will be especially useful for researchers and decision makers in policy and government concerned with climate change adaptation, emergency management, disaster risk reduction, environmental policy and planning.
650		0	_aStorms
650		0	_aEmergency management
650		0	_aDisaster relief
700	1		_aBoulter, Sarah, _eeditor.
700	1		_aPalutikof, Jean, _eeditor.
700	1		_aKaroly, David John, _eeditor.
700	1		_aGuitart, Daniela, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107010161
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511845710
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37736 _d37736