Environmental Hazards Series

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1. Reducing Disaster Risks

   Progress and Challenges in the Caribbean Region

   Edited by Ian Davis, Steve Bender, Fred Krimgold, Franklin McDonald

   Series: Environmental Hazards Series

   Are we winning or losing the battle for safe environments? In 1984, leading disaster risk management professionals and researchers met in Jamaica for the Ocho Rios conference on Disaster Mitigation. In this collection, key experts reflect on the progress made in disaster risk reduction since that...

   Published March 14th 2011 by Routledge
2. Coastal Hazards and Vulnerability

   Edited by Loraine McFadden

   Series: Environmental Hazards Series

   Our coasts provide a home and livelihoods for millions of people; many of the world's biggest cities are along coastlines. Yet these precious areas face increasing threats from irresponsible development and the potential dangers of climate change. This volume explores the wide spectrum of coastal...

   Published October 4th 2010 by Routledge
3. Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard

   Edited by Boris Porfiriev

   Series: Environmental Hazards Series

   The current policy for climate change prioritises mitigation over adaptation. The collected papers of Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard argue that although efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are still vital, the new policy paradigm should shift the priority to adaptation,...

   Published October 29th 2009 by Routledge