Are natural disasters increasing? /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | At issue. Disasters.
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Table of Contents:
- Natural disasters are increasing in quantity and severity / Environment Canada
- Natural disasters are on the rise / Theresa Braine
- Natural disasters have always been a problem / Patrick J. Michaels
- Climate change will lead to many disasters / John Vidal
- Global warming can't explain all disasters / Joel Achenbach
- Man-made climate change might drown whole cities / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Global warming is a sign of a new Ice Age / Gregory Fegel
- Disasters are far from natural / Sharon Begley
- Social politics decide what events become disasters / Neil Smith
- Disasters increase with misguided socio-economic change / Daniel Sarewitz and Roger Pielke
- U.S. natural disasters are becoming ever more costly / Gregory van der Vink et al.
- Natural disasters can boost economies / Drake Bennett
- Geoengineering might be necessary to fight disaster / Gregory Lamb
- Earth's biggest catastrophe might still be ahead / Kirsten Weir
- Climate change adaptation and disaster risk protection will be challenges / Oxfam International.