Communities worldwide are increasingly affected by natural hazards such as floods, droughts, wildfires and storm-waves. However, the causes of these increases remain underexplored, often attributed to climate changes or changes in the patterns of human exposure. This paper aims to quantify the effect of climate change, as well as land cover change, on a suite of natural hazards. Changes to four natural hazards (floods, droughts, wildfires and storm-waves) were investigated through scenario-based models using land cover and climate change drivers as inputs.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/natural-hazards-changing-world-case-ecosystem-based-management
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeanne-l-nel
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-c-le-maitre
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/deon-c-nel-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/storms
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
