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Climate Change Impact on Frequency and Distribution of Natural Extreme Events: an Overview

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Natural disasters repeatedly occur with a certain frequency in time and space, nevertheless their progressive intensification during the last decades with effects of amplification and accumulation, as well as, the predominance of geographic localisation may be considered as a consequence of anthropogenic dynamics and development policies of socio-economic systems. The analysis of correlation between disasters and climate change becomes fundamental to better understand causes and effects, in order to calibrate decisions and human interventions rather than assuming disasters as an unpredictable occurrence (Margottini 1994).

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Delmonaco, G., Margottini, C., Serafini, S. (1999). Climate Change Impact on Frequency and Distribution of Natural Extreme Events: an Overview. In: Casale, R., Margottini, C. (eds) Floods and Landslides: Integrated Risk Assessment. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58609-5_4

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