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Title:
Are natural disasters increasing? / Stefan Kiesbye, book editor.
Publisher:
Greenhaven Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
135 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Natural disasters--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
Kiesbye, Stefan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Natural disasters are increasing in quantity and severity / Environment Canada -- Natural disasters are on the rise / Theresa Braine -- Natural disasters have always been a problem / Patrick J. Michaels -- Climate change will lead to many disasters / John Vidal -- Global warming can't explain all disasters / Joel Achenbach -- Man-made climate change might drown whole cities / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs -- Global warming is a sign of a new Ice Age / Gregory Fegel -- Disasters are far from natural / Sharon Begley -- Social politics decide what events become disasters / Neil Smith -- Disasters increase with misguided socio-economic change / Daniel Sarewitz and Roger Pielke -- U.S. natural disasters are becoming ever more costly / Gregory van der Vink et al. -- Natural disasters can boost economies / Drake Bennett -- Geoengineering might be necessary to fight disaster / Gregory Lamb -- Earth's biggest catastrophe might still be ahead / Kirsten Weir -- Climate change adaptation and disaster risk protection will be challenges / Oxfam International.
Series:
At issue. Disasters
ISBN:
0737746661 (pbk.)
9780737746662 (pbk.)
0737746653 (hardcover)
9780737746655 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)441153498
LCCN:
2009042506
Locations:
WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)
GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)
FBPC124 -- Benny Gambaiani Public Library (Shell Rock) — 363.34 KIE
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

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