Bibliograph

Are natural disasters increasing?, Stefan Kiesbye, book editor

Type

Label

Are natural disasters increasing?, Stefan Kiesbye, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Are natural disasters increasing?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Stefan Kiesbye, book editor

Series statement

At issue. Disasters

Table Of Contents

Natural disasters are increasing in quantity and severity / Environment Canada -- Natural disasters are on the rise / Theresa Braine -- Natural disasters have always been a problem / Patrick J. Michaels -- Climate change will lead to many disasters / John Vidal -- Global warming can't explain all disasters / Joel Achenbach -- Man-made climate change might drown whole cities / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs -- Global warming is a sign of a new Ice Age / Gregory Fegel -- Disasters are far from natural / Sharon Begley -- Social politics decide what events become disasters / Neil Smith -- Disasters increase with misguided socio-economic change / Daniel Sarewitz and Roger Pielke -- U.S. natural disasters are becoming ever more costly / Gregory van der Vink et al. -- Natural disasters can boost economies / Drake Bennett -- Geoengineering might be necessary to fight disaster / Gregory Lamb -- Earth's biggest catastrophe might still be ahead / Kirsten Weir -- Climate change adaptation and disaster risk protection will be challenges / Oxfam International

Target audience

juvenile

Classification