Climate, Change and Risk - 9780415170314

Taylor & Francis

Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of 'extreme' weather related events and our ability to cope with them. It focuses on society's responses, insurance matters and methodologies for the analysis of climatic hazards. Drawing on worldwide research from the leading names in the field this volume explores the changes in weather hazards that might be expected as the global climate changes.\n > Foreword Preface 1. Climate, Change and Risk: Introduction 2. Climate Change, Climatic Hazards and Policy Responses in Australia 3. Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Clay Shrinkage Induced Land Subsidence 4. Agricultural Drought in Europe: Site, Regional and National Effects of Climate Change 5. Flooding in a Warmer World 6. A Concise History of Riverine Floods and Flood Management in the Dutch Rhine Delta 7. Hurricane Impacts in the Context of Climate Variability, Climatic Change and Coastal Management Policy on the Eastern US Sea-Board 8. On Assessing the El