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010 _a 2011277829
020 _a9781107025066
020 _a1107025060
020 _a9781107607804
020 _a1107607809
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050 0 0 _aQC903
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245 0 0 _aManaging the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption :
_bspecial report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change /
_cedited by Christopher B. Field ... [et al.].
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _ax, 582 p. :
_bcol. ill., col. maps ;
_c28 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aClimate change: new dimensions in disaster risk, exposure,l vulnerability, and resilience -- Determinants of risk : exposure and vulnerability -- Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment -- Changes in impacts of climate extremes : human systems and ecosystems -- Managing the risks from climate extremes at the local level -- National systems for managing the risks from climate extremes and disasters -- Managing th risks : international level and integration across scales -- Toward a sustainable and resilient future -- Case studies.
520 _aExtreme 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.
650 0 _aClimate change mitigation.
650 0 _aClimatic changes
_xRisk management.
650 7 _aRisk management
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650 7 _aDisasters
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650 7 _aGlobal warming
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650 7 _aEcology
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650 7 _aClimates
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650 7 _aFuturism
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700 1 _aField, Christopher B.
710 2 _aIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
856 4 1 _uhttp://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/images/uploads/SREX-All_FINAL.pdf
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