Natural Disasters and Climate Change An Economic Perspective /

• Main Author: Hallegatte, Stéphane (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Climate change.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Natural Hazards.; Earth Sciences, general.; Climate Change.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This book explores economic concepts related to disaster losses, describes mechanisms that determine the economic consequences of a disaster, and reviews methodologies for making decisions regarding risk management and adaptation. The author addresses the need for better understanding of the consequ...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction and summary
• 2 What is a disaster? An economic point of view
• 3 Disaster risks: evidence and theory
• 4 Trends in Hazards and the Role of Climate Change
• 5 Climate change impact on natural disaster losses
• 6 Methodologies for disaster risk management in a changing environment
• 7 Decision making for disaster risk management in a changing climate
• 8 References.