Climate, Change and Risk

Thomas Downing, A. Olsthoorn, R.S.J. Tol

"This book begins with a bang..one can only be impressed by the daunting amount of investigative and factual data that has been assembled, sifted and evaluated. It is a courageous attempt to assess the trends evident in severe weather events with their manifest consequences for mankind" Peter Rogers, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre

• Foreword Preface 1. Climate, Change and Risk: Introduction 2. Climate Change, Climatic Hazards and Policy Responses in Australia 3. Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Clay Shrinkage Induced Land Subsidence 4. Agricultural Drought in Europe: Site, Regional and National Effects of Climate Change 5. Flooding in a Warmer World 6. A Concise History of Riverine Floods and Flood Management in the Dutch Rhine Delta 7. Hurricane Impacts in the Context of Climate Variability, Climatic Change and Coastal Management Policy on the Eastern US Sea-Board 8. On Assessing the Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Developed Coasts 9. Tropical Cyclones in the Southwest Pacific: Impacts on Pacific Island Countries with Particular Reference to Fiji 10. Impacts of Windstorms in the Netherlands: Present Risk and Prospects for Climate Change 11. Heat Waves in a Changing Climate 12. Economic Analysis of Natural Disasters 13. An Analytical Review of Weather Insurance 14. Identifying Barriers and Opportunities for Policy Responses to Changing Climatic Risks