tailieunhanh - Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard (Environmental Hazards Series)

The papers in this volume explore the key issues linked to this shift, including: ' Increasing research into the Earth Sciences, climate reconstruction and forecasting in order to decrease the degree of uncertainty about the origin, development and implications of climate change; ' The introduction of more binding and comprehensive regulation of both greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation measures, like that in the United Kingdom; ' Matching climate policy with that for disasters and mainstreaming it into overall development strategies. The volume is a valuable addition to previous climate change research and considers a new policy approach to this new. | e Climate change as environmental and economic hazard Guest Editor Boris Porfiriev Russian Academy of Sciences VOLUMES ISSUE 3 2009 Unregistered Version - http iALISSUE iuman and Policy Dimensions Special issue Climate change as environmental and economic hazard Environmental Hazards 8 3 September 2009. Published by Earthscan Dunstan House 14a St Cross Street London EC1N 8XA UK. 2009 Earthscan All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in retrieval systems or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. ISSN 1747-7891 print 1878-0059 online ISBN 978-1-84971-089-3 GUEST EDITORIAL 167-170 Climate change A hazard or an opportunity BORIS PORFIRIEV RESEARCH 171-186 Strengthening socio-ecological resilience through disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation Identifying gaps in an uncertain world WILLIAM M. COLLIER KASEY R. JACOBS ALARK SAXENA JULIANNE BAKER-GALLEGOS MATTHEW CARROLL and GARY W. YOHE Responsibility for statements made in the articles printed 187-200 herein rests solely with the contributors. The views expressed by individual authors are not necessarily those of the editors or the publisher. United States hurricane landfalls and damages Can one- to five-year predictions beat climatology ROGER A. PIELKE JR SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscription prices for Volume 8 201-208 Institutions Online only 247 494 323 Online print 260 520 340 airmail extra 209-225 Personal Online only 99 199 130 Print only 99 199 130 airmail extra 226-240 Orders can be placed online at journals ehaz or sent to the journal s distributors Portland Customer Services using the contact details below. Building a low-carbon economy The inaugural report of the UK Committee on Climate Change SAMUEL FANKHAUSER DAVID KENNEDY and JIM SKEA Managing natural disaster risks in a changing climate W. J. W. BOTZEN and J. C. J. M. VAN DEN .