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Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
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Christopher B. Field
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Vicente Barros
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Thomas F. Stocker
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Qin Dahe
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Cambridge University Press
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2012
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2009
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10.1017/CBO9781139177245
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Book chapters
pp. ix
Preface
pp. viii
Foreword
pp. 3
Summary for Policymakers
pp. 25
Climate Change: New Dimensions in Disaster Risk, Exposure, Vulnerability, and Resilience
pp. 65
Determinants of Risk: Exposure and Vulnerability
pp. 109
Changes in Climate Extremes and their Impacts on the Natural Physical Environment
pp. 231
Changes in Impacts of Climate Extremes: Human Systems and Ecosystems
pp. 291
Managing the Risks from Climate Extremes at the Local Level
pp. 339
National Systems for Managing the Risks from Climate Extremes and Disasters
pp. 393
Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales
pp. 437
Toward a Sustainable and Resilient Future
pp. 487
Case Studies
pp. 545
Authors and Expert Reviewers
pp. 555
Glossary of Terms
pp. 565
Acronyms
pp. 569
List of Major IPCC Reports
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