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Development planning usually does not consider climate change. As a consequence, disasters cause economic and ecologic disruption during disasters. Right from the early stages, planners should include probable hazards due to changing climate. Proper planning can reduce damage from the extreme events due to climate change. This chapter discusses some fundamentals which could help planners to save citizens, economy and ecology by consequences of changing climate.
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Chandrappa, R., Gupta, S., Kulshrestha, U.C. (2011). Hazard and Risk Assessment. In: Coping with Climate Change. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19674-4_13
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