Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change

Citation

Collier, M. and Webb, R.H. (2003), "Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 340-340. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2003.12.4.340.2

This book provides an introduction to climate patterns that link isolated and dramatic events to the forces, human and otherwise, behind the weather. The authors describe climate variability and its impacts, emphasizing the natural, long‐term mechanisms of climate change. Topics also include the atmosphere, the geology of climate, winds, oceans and air, climate history, El Niño, hurricanes, and global warming.