The changing nature of extreme weather and climate events: Risks to sustainable development

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Hay, John ^a   Mimura, Nobuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE EVENT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER; NATURAL DISASTERS; O-CONDITIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK REDUCTIONS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79958764142     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475701003643433     Document Type: Article

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