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Contributors
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1 Introduction
jean palutikof, sarah boulter, daniela guitart, anddavid john karoly
2 Climate change and disaster risk management:challenges and opportunities
madeleine c. thomson

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A few words on Andrew W. Garcia

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3 Hurricane Katrina and the city of New Orleans
andrew w. garcia

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4 A brief history of flooding and flood control measures along theMississippi River basintimothy m. kusky
5 The 2003 and 2007 wildfires in southern California
jon e. keeley, alexandra d. syphard, andc. j. fotheringham
6 Adapting to extreme heat events: thirty years of lessons learned from theKansas City, Missouri, extreme heat program
david m. mills and william d. snook

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Part II Case Studies from Australia
7 Drought and water in the Murray-Darling basin: from disaster policy
to adaptation
linda c. botterill and stephen dovers

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8 After ‘Black Saturday’: adapting to bushfires in a changing climate
joshua whittaker, john handmer, and david johnkaroly75

9 Cyclone Tracy and the road to improving wind-resistant design
matthew mason, katharine haynes and george walker

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10 Adaptation and resilience in two flood-prone Queensland communities
david king, armando apan, diane keogh, and melanie
thomas95

Part III Case Studies from Europe
11 Windstorms, the most costly natural hazard in Europe
uwe ulbrich, gregor c. leckebusch, and markus g. donat
12 The 2003 heatwave: impacts, public health adaptation and response
in France
mathilde pascal, alain le tertre, and karine laaidi

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13 Lessons from river floods in central Europe, 1997–2010
zbigniew w. kundzewicz

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14 Lessons learned from the North Sea flooding disaster in the
Netherlands, 1953
pier vellinga and jeroen aerts

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Part IV Case Studies from the Developing World
15 Adapting to drought in the West African Sahelsimon p. j. batterbury and michael j. mortimore

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16 The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: Sri Lankan experiencesam s. l. hettiarachchi and w. priyan s. dias

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17 Recovery efforts: the case of the 2007 cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
bimal k. paul and munshi k. rahman

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18 Coffee, disasters and social-ecological resilience in Guatemala
and Chiapas, Mexico
hallie eakin, helda morales, edwin castellanos,
gustavo cruz-bello, and juan f. barrera

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19 Responding to floods in the Nile basin: a case study of the 1997–1998
floods in the Upper White Nile
marisa c. goulden and declan conway
20 Floods in the Yangtze River basin, China
zbigniew w. kundzewicz, jiang tong, and su buda

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Part V Synthesis Chapters
21 Disasters and development
jessica ayers, saleemul huq, and sarah boulter

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22 What next? Climate change as a game-changer for policy and practicekaren o’brien and thomas e. downing

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23 Barriers and limits to adaptation: cautionary notes
jon barnett, colette mortreux, and w. neil adger

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24 Lessons learned for adaptation to climate change
sarah boulter, jean palutikof, and david john karoly

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25 Afterword: floods, storms, fire and pestilence – disaster risk in Australia
during 2010–2011
david john karoly and sarah boulter
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