TY - CHAP AB - Communities around the world are already vulnerable to disasters, the “Global Assessment Report: Disaster Risk Reduction” presents compelling new evidence of concentration of risk in many developing countries. The “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report” reports that climate change is expected to be accompanied by an increased frequency and intensity of extreme climate events in many parts of the world. Moreover, climate change will aggravate many of the socioeconomic factors that drive vulnerability. VL - 4 SN - 978-0-85724-487-1, 978-0-85724-488-8/2040-7262 DO - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004011 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004011 AU - Phong Tran AU - Duc Tinh Bui ED - Rajib Shaw ED - Juan M. Pulhin ED - Joy Jacqueline Pereira PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Chapter 5 Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Enabling environment for integration T2 - Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges T3 - Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 99 EP - 112 Y2 - 2024/09/23 ER -