Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk manag
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Walter Leal Filho Editor
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
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Editor Prof. Walter Leal Filho Research and Transfer Centre ‘‘Applications of Life Sciences’’, Faculty of Life Sciences Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Hamburg Germany
ISSN 1610-2010 ISBN 978-3-642-31109-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31110-9
ISSN 1610-2002 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-31110-9 (eBook)
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Preface
There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change; however, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the necessity for a multisectoral approach in managing the effects of climate variability and climate change, since this can lead to a significant reduction of risk. With storms, hurricanes, forest fires, floods, or droughts, matters related to ‘‘risk management’’, ‘‘vulnerability’’, or ‘‘risk analysis’’—among ot
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