... weighing the full gamut of risks, costs and benefits of handling these hazards using a multi- criteria and systems approach towards the setting of policy priorities and resource sharing. In addition ... in a `climate change induced' compounded crisis: Facing tragic choices in the Murray-Darling Basin EVA-KARIN OLSSON VOLUME 8 ISSUE 3 2009 SPECIAL ISSUE Special issue: Clima...
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... Action for a Safer World led to a change in thinking about disaster mitigation (Schipper and Pelling, 2006). Movement in think- ing and practice continued during the United Nations World Conference ... Uncertainty and iterative risk management One of the greatest obstructions in understanding and combating climate change is the multitude of uncertainty surrounding climate c...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.3
... and still retain the original func- tion of the organization. By enhancing the under- standing of how these shadow systems and other institutional factors promote resilience, insti- tutions and ... learning by doing, (2) integrating knowledge systems, (3) increasing collaboration and equity among community, regional and national levels, and (4) creating greater flexibility in man...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.4
... damage Hurricanes in basin Landfalling hurricanes Damage Named storms in basin 0.87 0.46 0.27 Hurricanes in basin * 0.52 0.42 Intense hurricanes in basin * 0.58 0.45 Landfalling hurricanes * * ... lines of argument miss an impor- tant factor in understanding the differential pat- terns seen in basin and landfall statistics, and that is the spatial distribution of trends in t...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.5
... when interpreting far more plausible relationships. Two simple dynamics associated with interpreting predictions help to explain why fundamental uncertainties in hurricane landfalls will inevitably ... economic solutions of doing so are emerging, but maintaining a long-term, global commitment is difficult institutionally in national systems geared toward the short and medium term. In N...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.1
... The Netherlands Natural disasters have increased in frequency and severity during the last few decades, causing considerable economic damage and loss of life. A combination of climate and socio-economic ... delayed and they allow for the objective and transparent monitoring of perform- ance. The budgets also increase policy certainty and send a strong signal to industry, encou...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.2
... climate and socio-economic change that will in uence future natural disaster Managing natural disaster risks 217 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS losses results in inherently uncertain changes in risks. ... et al., 2005; 2006). In particular, use of buildings andinterior fittingadapted toflooding reduced damage to buildings by 46 and 53 per cent, and damage to contents by 48 and 53...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.3
... A., Grace, M. F., Klein, R. W. and Pauly, M. V., 2008. Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Cata- strophes: Insuring, Mitigating and Financing Recovery from Natural Disasters in the United States. ... characteristics of insurance in managing disaster risk and fostering adap- tation are preserved. 6. Conclusions The recent upswing in natural disaster occurrence and...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.4
... biological and chemical functions and which support and maintain the productivity and health of the river systems. A number of the Basin wetlands are recognized under the Conven- tion on Wetlands of International ... areas invol- ving water management and climate change, policy areas that are highly politicized in the Aus- tralian context, and as such involve many twists and...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.5
... significantly gain by considering not only political actors’ framing of a situation but also those other actor groups involved in framing a crisis. Such an approach will provide a richer understanding of ... previous policies in related areas) and internal media factors (other actors’ framing of the issue as it plays out in the media). Actors are in general in control of the first o...
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