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Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world. As a department of the University of Cambridge, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research.

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Natural disasters and adaptation to climate change

This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail

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This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries.
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Environmental disasters, natural recovery and human responses

Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires and other natural events are becoming more frequent and their consequences more

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Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year.

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