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Author:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, author.
Title:
Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption / special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ; edited by Christopher B. Field, Co-Chair Working Group II, Carnegie Institution for Science [and 11 others].
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
x, 582 p. : color ill. ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Risk management
Disasters
Global warming
Ecology
Climates
Futurism
Other Authors:
Field, Christopher B., editor.
Notes:
LRC Call No. QC 903 .C636 2012 Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda.
ISBN:
1107025060 hardbound
9781107025066 hardbound
1107607809 pbk
9781107607804 pbk
OCLC:
(OCoLC)796030880
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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