Climate Change and Extreme Events

A multidisciplinary resource on extreme events under a changing climate that analyzes past, present and (forecast) future conditions

Ali Fares (Edited by)

9780128227008

Paperback, published 26 February 2021

254 pages, 165 illustrations (15 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 1.7 cm, 0.61 kg

Approx.242 pages

1. Introduction to Climate Change and Extreme Weather 2. Temperature Extremes in a Changing Climate 3. Link between Climate Change and Duration and Frequency of Stream Extreme Temperatures 4. Severe Convective Storms in a Changing Climate (Tornadoes) 5. Precipitation Extremes in a Changing Climate 6. Ecosystem Responses to Precipitation Extremes: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Implications 7. Flood Warning for a Resilient Future under a Changing Climate. (Tentative) 8. Lifeline Infrastructures and Hydro-climate Extremes Climate: A Future Outlook 9. Form, Function and Nomenclature: Deconstructing Green Infrastructure and its Role in a Changing Climate 10. Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Sea Level Rise in Coastal Cities of Developing Countries 11. Multilevel governance of climate change adaptation: Future outlook 12. Change Governance at the Federal, State and Local Levels; Politics and Jurisdictional Capacity

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]