Climate change and disaster management
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Climate change and disaster management.
Climate change, although a natural phenomenon, is accelerated by human activities. Disaster policy response to climate change is dependent on a number of factors, such as readiness to accept the reality of climate change, institutions and capacity, as well as willingness to embed climate change risk assessment and management in development strategies. These conditions do not yet exist universal...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Disasters
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0361-3666
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2006.00307.x