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The socio-economics of cyclones

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Understanding the potential social and economic damage and loss wrought by tropical cyclones requires not only understanding how they will change in frequency and intensity in a future climate, but also how these hazards will interact with the changing exposures and vulnerabilities associated with social change.

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  1. Ilan Noy is in the School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand,

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Noy, I. The socio-economics of cyclones. Nature Clim Change 6, 343–345 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2975

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