Climate, change and risk.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Climate change, climatic hazards and policy responses in Australia -- Assessing the potential effects of climate change on clay shrinkage-induced land subsidence -- Agricultural drought in Europe: site, regional and national effects of climate change -- Flooding in a warmer world: the view from Europe -- A concise history of riverine floods and flood management in the Dutch Rhine delta -- Hurricane impacts in the context of climate variability, climatic change and coastal management policy on the eastern US seaboard -- On assessing the economic impacts of sea-level rise on developed coasts -- Tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific: impacts on Pacific island countries with particular reference to Fiji -- Impacts of windstorms in the Netherlands: present risk and prospects for climate change -- Heatwaves in a changing climate -- Economic analysis of natural disasters -- An analytical review of weather insurance -- Identifying barriers and opportunities for policy responses to changing climatic risks