1st Edition

Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments

Edited By Troy Sternberg Copyright 2017
236 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Climate hazards are the world’s most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters. Knowledge of climate hazard dynamics is critical since the impacts of climate change, population growth, development projects and migration affect both the impact and severity of disasters. Current global events highlight how hazards can lead to significant financial losses, increased mortality rates and... Read more

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2: Post-disaster reconstruction strategies: a case study in Taiwan

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3: Human amplification of climate hazards: 2010 floods in Pakistan

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4: Climate hazards and health in Asia

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5: Evolving a multi-hazard focused approach for arid Eurasia

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6: Climate change and security: major challenges for Yemen’s future

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7: Climatic hazards in the Himalayan region

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8: China’s natural and constructed hazard regimes

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9: Temporal and spatial distributions of dust storms in middle Asia: natural and anthropogenic factors

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10: Climate Hazards in Asian Drylands

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Biography

Troy Sternberg is a researcher at the School of Geography, Oxford University. His research focuses on climate hazard impact on environments and societies across Asian drylands.