TY - BOOK AU - Ruth,Matthias AU - Ibarrarán,María Eugenia ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters: concepts and cases T2 - New horizons in environmental economics SN - 9781849802338 (e-book) AV - QC981.8.C5 D57 2009 U1 - 363.3492163 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cheltenham, U.K., Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Climatic changes KW - Environmental aspects KW - Environmental impact analysis KW - Social aspects KW - Risk management KW - Natural disasters KW - Economic aspects KW - Human beings KW - Effect of climate on KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I. Background -- pt. II. Differential impacts N2 - Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity nationally and worldwide. This book addresses the differential vulnerability of people and places, introducing concepts and methods for analysis and illustrating the impact on local, regional, national, and global scales UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848440371.xml ER -