LEADER 04703oam 2200589I 450 001 9910162821703321 005 20240505190752.0 010 $a1-317-16509-8 010 $a1-315-57241-9 010 $a1-317-16510-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315572413 035 $a(CKB)3710000001033099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790108 035 $a(OCoLC)970042200 035 $a(BIP)63353257 035 $a(BIP)65691697 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001033099 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aClimate hazard crises in Asian societies and environments /$fedited by Troy Sternberg 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (237 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change 311 08$a0-367-02267-2 311 08$a1-4724-4646-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. An unstable, stable nation? : climate, water, migration and security in Syria from 2006-2011 / Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell -- 2. Post-disaster reconstruction strategies : a case study in Taiwan / Yung-Fang Chen -- 3. Human amplification of climate hazards : 2010 floods in Pakistan / Inam Rahim and Henri Rueff -- 4. Climate hazards and health in Asia / Ilan Kelman and Tim Colbourn -- 5. Evolving a multi-hazard focused approach for arid Eurasia / Masato Shinoda -- 6. Climate change and security : major challenges for Yemen's future / Helen Lackner -- 7. Climatic hazards in the Himalayan region / Prajjwal Panday -- 8. China's natural and constructed hazard regimes / Troy Sternberg -- 9. Temporal and spatial distributions of dust storms in middle Asia : natural and anthropogenic factors / Leah Orlovsky.[et al.] -- 10. Climate hazards in Asian drylands / Troy Sternberg -- 11. Climate change : rethinking the local for policy and practice / Lena Dominelli. 330 $aClimate hazards are the world's most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters. Knowledge of climate hazard dynamics is critical since the impacts of climate change, population growth, development projects and migration affect both the impact and severity of disasters. Current global events highlight how hazards can lead to significant financial losses, increased mortality rates and political instability. This book examines climate hazard crises in contemporary Asia, identifying how hazards from the Middle East through South and Central Asia and China have the power to reshape our globalised world. In an era of changing climates, knowledge of hazard dynamics is essential to mitigating disasters and strengthening livelihoods and societies across Asia. By integrating human exposure to climate factors and disaster episodes, the book explores the environmental forces that drive disasters and their social implications. Focusing on a range of Asian countries, landscapes and themes, the chapters address several scales (province, national, regional), different hazards (drought, flood, temperature, storms, dust), environments (desert, temperate, mountain, coastal) and issues (vulnerability, development, management, politics) to present a diverse, comprehensive evaluation of climate hazards in Asia. This book offers an understanding of the challenges climate hazards present, their critical nature and the effort needed to mitigate climate hazards in 21st-century Asia. Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments is vital reading for those interested and engaged in Asia's development and well-being today and will be of interest to those working in Geography, Development Studies, Environmental Sciences, Sociology and Political Science. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in hazards, disaster risk, and climate change. 606 $aClimatic changes$zAsia 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects$zAsia 606 $aNatural disasters$xSocial aspects$zAsia 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zAsia 607 $aAsia$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aClimatic changes 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNatural disasters$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on 676 $a363.738/74095 701 $aSternberg$b Troy$f1959-$0896297 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162821703321 996 $aClimate hazard crises in Asian societies and environments$92002104 997 $aUNINA