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| fixed length control field |
01264nam a2200241 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781107025066 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Item number |
551.6 INT- |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption : |
| Sub Title |
special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
edited by Christopher B. Field ... [et al.]. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
x, 582 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Climate change mitigation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Climatic changes |
| General subdivision |
Risk management. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Risk management |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Disasters |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Global warming |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Ecology |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Climates |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Futurism |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Field, Christopher B. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
