Climate, Change and Risk

✍ Scribed by Thomas Downing

Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 433
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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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