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Global Increase in Climate-Related Disasters

dc.contributor.authorThomas, Vinod
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Ramón
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-01T05:46:24Z
dc.date.available2015-12-01T05:46:24Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-01
dc.identifier.issn2313-6537 (Print), 2313-6545 (e-ISSN)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11540/5274
dc.description.abstractIntense climate-related natural disasters—floods, storms, as well as droughts and heat waves—have been on the rise worldwide. Is there an ominous link between the global increase of these hydrometeorological and climatological events on the one side and anthropogenic climate change on the other? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors—rising population exposure, greater population vulnerability, and increasing climate-related hazards—behind the increased frequency of intense climate-related natural disasters. All are positively linked—with precipitation positively associated with hydrometeorological events and negatively associated with climatological events. Global climate change indicators also show positive and highly significant effectsen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherAsian Development Banken_US
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGOen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/en_US
dc.titleGlobal Increase in Climate-Related Disastersen_US
dc.subject.expertClimateen_US
dc.subject.expertClimate changeen_US
dc.subject.expertClimate impacts assessmenten_US
dc.subject.expertGlobal climate changeen_US
dc.subject.expertRural Developmenten_US
dc.subject.expertRural Development Projectsen_US
dc.subject.adbClimatic changeen_US
dc.subject.adbClimatic influenceen_US
dc.subject.adbClimatologyen_US
dc.subject.adbRural economyen_US
dc.subject.adbDevelopment potentialen_US
dc.subject.naturalClimatic factoren_US
dc.subject.naturalDynamic climatologyen_US
dc.subject.naturalClimate change mitigationen_US
dc.subject.naturalCity planningen_US
dc.title.seriesEconomic Working Papersen_US
dc.title.volumeNo. 466en_US
oar.themeClimateen_US
oar.themeLabor Migration
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oar.authorThomas, Vinod
oar.authorLópez, Ramón
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