Michael Buxton – författare

Peter the little puffer fish feels anxious about everyday experiences. Lift the large flap on each right and page and find out if the other creatures on the reef can help him see things differently? A celebration of positivity from the comic imagination of Michael Buxton.

This open access book examines how policymakers respond to natural  hazards in the wake of global climate change. Through a series of five case studies it assesses how changing patterns of natural hazards collide with established patterns of spatial planning, and how alternative strategies could be operationalised in local policy practice. Due to global warming, wildfires and floods are occurring in regions where they had previously been virtually unknown. Yet local public policy for immediate protection against natural hazards has remained at the margins of both public and scholarly attention. The book argues that when it comes to the containment and mitigation of natural hazards as the consequence of climate change, effective prevention requires accurate anticipation of impacts, appropriate policy settings, and the mobilization of administrative skill.