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Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of
weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk.
Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase
vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development,
destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity nationally and
worldwide. This book addresses the differential vulnerability of
people and places, introducing concepts and methods for analysis
and illustrating the impact on local, regional, national, and
global scales. The chapters in the first section set the stage by
focusing on the relationship between climate change and disasters
and by broadly exploring their economic and social aftermaths.
Further chapters explore particular impacts of climate change,
including the social, political and even military conflicts that
may arise over scarce natural resources, as well as the effects on
biodiversity and thus the natural environment. Chapters in the last
section discuss responses to climate change in terms of information
sharing and preparedness, adaptation and mitigation - particularly
the relevance of improving the role of markets, through investment
and insurance, to face these challenges. Researchers and
policymakers involved in the study of climate change and disaster
prevention will find this comprehensive volume of great interest.
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