Climate change will pose new challenges to disaster management

TitleClimate change will pose new challenges to disaster management
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsMitra S
JournalCURRENT SCIENCE
Volume92
Start Page1474
Issue11
Date Published06/2007
KeywordsClimate change- disaster management, CURRENT SCIENCE
Abstract

Natural hazards are purely natural but climate change may exacerbate it. Anthropogenic interventions convert hazards into disasters. Climate change and natural disasters should be dealt with mutually and not in isolation.

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