Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption : (Record no. 4941)
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| fixed length control field | 120817s2012 nyuab b i001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781107607804 (pbk.) |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.6 |
| Item number | MAN |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption : |
| Remainder of title | special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Christopher B. Field ... [et al.]. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 582 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Climate change: new dimensions in disaster risk, exposure,l vulnerability, and resilience -- <br/>Determinants of risk : exposure and vulnerability -- <br/>Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment -- <br/>Changes in impacts of climate extremes : human systems and ecosystems -- <br/>Managing the risks from climate extremes at the local level -- <br/>National systems for managing the risks from climate extremes and disasters -- <br/>Managing th risks : international level and integration across scales -- <br/>Toward a sustainable and resilient future -- <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Case studies. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract, etc | Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Climate change mitigation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Climatic changes |
| General subdivision | Risk management. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Risk management |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Disasters |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Global warming |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Ecology |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Climates |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Futurism |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Field, Christopher B. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Lost status | Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non Fiction | Library, SPAB | Library, SPAB | G-2 | 26/09/2013 | SPAB/LIB/13-14/B326 | 2013-08-09 | C-6768 | 2013-08-20 | Baroda | USD85.00| Rs5355.00 | 551.6 MAN | 006652 | Text/Reserve Book |