Mots-clés
Adaptation Années 2000 Changement climatique Coût social Etats-Unis Extrême climatique Gestion du risque Géographie physique Inondation Interdisciplinarité Ouragan Pluie torrentielle Recherche géographique Sciences sociales Sécheresse Tornade Vulnérabilité Adaptation Climate extreme Climatic change Drought Geographic research Heavy rain Hurricane Inter-disciplinary approach Inundation Physical geography Risk management Social cost Social sciences The 2000's Tornado United States of America Vulnerability Adaptación Cambio climático Ciencias sociales Costo social Estados Unidos Geografía física Gestión del riesgo Huracán Interdisciplinaridad Inundación Investigación geográfica Lluvia recia Sequía Tornado VulnerabilidadClimate extremes in the United States : recent research by physical geographers
Physical geography : interactions with and implications for humanity
Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)
RECHTLESS, D.
Dept. of Geography, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
FREY, N.
Dept. of Geography, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
WANG, C.
Dept. of Geography, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
HUNG, L.-S.
Dept. of Geography, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
YARNAL, B.
Dept. of Geography, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
HARDEN, C.P.
Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Etats-Unis
Description :
This paper reports a review of research on domestic climate extremes conducted by US physical geographers over the past 15 years. Sections cover extremes in wind, precipitation, lightning, and temperature, as well as derivative climate extremes (droughts, floods, and storm surges). Themes considered include : the spatial and temporal distribution of the climate extreme; its implications for the understanding of the physical processes that produce it; the spatial and temporal distributions of the extreme's economic and human costs; lessons for assessment, policy, and management; and scale. The AA. conclude that most of the works reviewed inadequately address the human basis of vulnerability to climate extremes, and encourage physical geographers to work with colleagues from the other subfields of geography and the social sciences to develop the holistic understanding of vulnerability needed to effectively adapt to the more extreme climate projected under climate change.
Type de document :
Article de monographie
Source :
Physical geography, issn : 0272-3646, 2014, vol. 35, n°. 1, p. 3-21, nombre de pages : 19, Références bibliographiques : 6 p.
Date :
2014
Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis
Langue :
Anglais
Anglais
Droits :
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