Climate and Natural Hazard Risks

By (author) Ting Sun,Lisa Guppy,Peter Sammonds

ISBN13: 9780443273681

Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 01/07/2025

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Description
Climate and Natural Hazard Risks is an in-depth examination of the physical, environmental, economic, and social impacts of climate change and natural hazards on vulnerable populations in different areas around the world. The authors open with the simple question “what is risk?,” taking a detailed look at global trends and risk frameworks as they relate to climate change. From there, the chapters systematically review different hazards and their implications for risk and resilience (hurricanes, cyclones, flooding, extreme temperatures, food insecurity, earthquakes, tsunamis). The authors then delve into the latest research and data surrounding probabilistic hazard assessment and multi-hazard risk assessment. The book closes with a thoughtful discussion on resilience and the wide-reaching impacts of environmental transitions. Professionals working across climate change, environmental risk assessment, and disaster resilience will find much to consider in this thought-provoking text.
1. What is Risk? 2. Global Trends 3. Risk Frameworks and Mechanisms 4. Dynamic Earth 5. Earth’s Climate 6. Climate Change: Threat Multiplier 7. Hurricanes and Cyclones 8. Flooding 9. Heat and Cold Waves 10. Drought and Food Security 11. Geological Hazards 12. Probabilistic Hazard Assessment 13. Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment 14. Resilience 15. Transitions
  • Meteorology & climatology
  • Climate change
  • Professional & Vocational
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