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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 regions around the world. The authors open with the simple question "What is risk?," taking a detailed look at historical and global trends and risk frameworks as they relate to the Earth system and climate change. The authors then examine the drivers of social and physical vulnerability. From there, the chapters systematically review different hazards and their implications for risk (hurricanes, cyclones, flooding, extreme temperatures, food insecurity, earthquakes, tsunamis). The authors then delve into the latest methods and research for multihazard risk assessment. The book closes with challenging explorations of resilience, and environmental and social transitions for climate change. Students, practitioners and policy-makers working across climate science, hazard risk assessment, disaster management and humanitarian response will find this instructive and thought-provoking text essential reading.
Contents
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
