Climate Extremes and Society

Citation

(2009), "Climate Extremes and Society", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 18 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2009.07318cae.011

Climate Extremes and Society

Climate Extremes and Society

Article Type: Book reviews From: Disaster Prevention and Management, Volume 18, Issue 3

Climate

Edited by Henry F. Diaz and Richard J. Murnane,Cambridge University Press,Cambridge,www.cambridge.org2008,340 pp.,ISBN 978-0-521-87028-3,$140 (hard cover)

A furious debate over whether hurricane frequency and intensity will increase as oceans warm as a result of global climate change is complicated by inability to predict incidences of future climate extremes – although events are rare, the stakes are high in potential loss of life and money.

This book uses climate models and observations to examine the effects of global warming on hazards. Climate scientists write mostly in Part One of the book, which examines the existing evidence for climate extremes. Social scientists discuss the human impacts in Part Two.