Climate Change: A Natural Hazard
- ISBN-10
- 0906522269
- ISBN-13
- 9780906522264
- Series
- Climate Change
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 207
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- multi-science publishing
- Author
- William Kininmonth
Description
The recurring community and environmental impacts of climate extremes, such as the global pattern associated with the El Niño phenomenon, can bring hardship and set back development. It is no accident that those countries that recognise the importance of planning for climate extremes, adequately engineer public infrastructures, and implement appropriate community response strategies are better adapted. When we take a long view, from many decades to centuries, it is important to understand that there are natural fluctuations in climate system. The warming trend of the recent century is not unus.
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