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008			120817s2012 nyuab b i001 0 eng d
020			_a9781107607804 (pbk.)
041			_aeng
082			_a551.6 _bMAN
245	0	0	_aManaging the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption : _bspecial report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / _cedited by Christopher B. Field ... [et al.].
260			_aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_ax, 582 p.
505	0		_aClimate change: new dimensions in disaster risk, exposure,l vulnerability, and resilience -- Determinants of risk : exposure and vulnerability -- Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment -- Changes in impacts of climate extremes : human systems and ecosystems -- Managing the risks from climate extremes at the local level -- National systems for managing the risks from climate extremes and disasters -- Managing th risks : international level and integration across scales -- Toward a sustainable and resilient future -- Case studies.
520			_aExtreme 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	_aClimate change mitigation. _943078
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xRisk management. _931893
650		7	_aRisk management _943079
650		7	_aDisasters _943080
650		7	_aGlobal warming _943081
650		7	_aEcology _943082
650		7	_aClimates _943083
650		7	_aFuturism _943084
700	1		_aField, Christopher B. _936796
710	2		_aIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. _943085
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