An historical overview regarding the intensity, tracks and frequency of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific during the last 100 years, and an analysis of any changes in these factors.

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TextSeries: Tropical Cyclone Programme report ; 692Publication details: Geneva, Switzerland : Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization, 1995Description: 48 pDDC classification:

551.5513091648 20

Subject: A workshop to discuss the "Socio-economic and Policy Aspects of Changes in the Incidence and Intensity of Extreme (Weather) Events" was held at the Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, in Amsterdam on the 24th and 25th June, 1993. The participants had backgrounds in climatology, climate modelling, insurance, development planning, disaster relief, environmental impact analysis, and policy analysis. The aims of the workshop were to discuss the current knowledge and relevance of issues relating to the incidence and intensity of extreme weather events and to identify specific research questions which are both relevant and manageable. The research is being undertaken in order to provide information for climate change policy considerations, and especially those relating to decision-makers in the governments and the communities of the countries and territories in the South Pacific, as well as the (re)insurance business

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	551.5513091648 HIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005739521

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A workshop to discuss the "Socio-economic and Policy Aspects of Changes in the Incidence and Intensity of Extreme (Weather) Events" was held at the Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, in Amsterdam on the 24th and 25th June, 1993. The participants had backgrounds in climatology, climate modelling, insurance, development planning, disaster relief, environmental impact analysis, and policy analysis. The aims of the workshop were to discuss the current knowledge and relevance of issues relating to the incidence and intensity of extreme weather events and to identify specific research questions which are both relevant and manageable. The research is being undertaken in order to provide information for climate change policy considerations, and especially those relating to decision-makers in the governments and the communities of the countries and territories in the South Pacific, as well as the (re)insurance business

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