Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather: Typhoons, Hurricanes, and Cyclones

Anne Collett; Russell J McDougall; Sue Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41516-1

Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather: Typhoons, Hurricanes, and Cyclones

Anne Collett (Editor), Russell J McDougall (Editor), Sue Thomas (Editor)

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On a global scale, tropical cyclones are the deadliest and most costly of all "natural" disasters. In Australia, they account for over 35% of "deaths from natural hazards" and, between 1967 and 1999, cost on average AUD $266 million per year. With global population trending to reach 9 billion by 2100 and expected to lead to significant increases in coastal development, the worldwide damage from cyclones-currently USD $26 billion-is set to be more than double in the next century. Taking climate change into account, researchers estimate that it may well quadruple to USD $109 billion by 2100. 'Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather' aims to track-across history and cultures-ways in which writers have imagined tropical cyclones.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	300
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9783319415154, 9783319415161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41516-1
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Name	Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment

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