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Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management book cover

1st Edition

Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management

Edited By George Haddow, Jane A. Bullock, Kim Haddow Copyright 2008
298 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge
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Scientists predict the earth is facing 40-to-60 years of climate change, even if emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases stopped today. One inevitable consequence of the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere will be an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disaster events. Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management documents the imperative need... Read more

The Case for Adaptation (Risk Reduction), K. Haddow

Planning and Protecting the Environment, J. Schwab, AICP, and K. Hohmann

Federal Mitigation Programs: Collateral Stimulus to Reducing the Impacts of Climate Change in our Communities, J. Bullock, F. McCarthy, and B. Cowan

Community-Based Hazard-Mitigation Case Studies, A. Patton and A. Chakos

County/Regional-Based Hazard-Mitigation Case Studies, D. Dickson, R. Gross, and I. Pearce

Conclusions and Recommendations, G. Haddow

Appendix: Compilation of Reports, Web Sites, and Other Materials Related to Climate Change, D.P. Coppola

Biography

George Haddow, Jane A. Bullock, Kim Haddow

The book’s case study of flooding in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is particularly instructive of the tenacity and long-term political involvement needed to deal thoroughly with even the most obvious and universally acknowledged hazard . . . offers a wide variety of additional resources on climate change and hazards . . .
– In Natural Hazards Observer, March 2009

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