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Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management

Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management
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This work offers frontline advice for increasing defenses and reducing impacts of global warming. Scientists predict the earth is facing 40-to-60 years of climate change, even if emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases stopped today. One inevitable consequence of the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere will be an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disaster events. "Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management" documents the imperative need for communities to prepare for the coming effects of climate change and provides a series of in-depth, road-tested recommendations on how to reduce risks for communities and businesses. Authored and edited by emergency management and environmental protection professionals from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Sierra Club, this book offers case histories from communities across America that have successfully reduced the extent and consequences of natural disasters.These examples are becoming increasingly important to understand and replicate as the risks to communities created by a changing climate rise.
Taylor & Francis; October 2008
300 pages; ISBN 9781420081862
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