UID:
almafu_9958120965802883
Umfang:
xx, 254 pages :
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col. illustrations, color maps ;
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26 cm.
ISBN:
1-282-90616-X
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9786612906169
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0-8213-8141-5
Serie:
World Bank e-Library.
Inhalt:
Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission and commission. Every disaster is unique, but each exposes actions-by individuals and governments at different levels-that, had they been different, would have resulted in fewer deaths and less damage. Prevention is possible, and this book examines what it takes to do this cost-effectively.It looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose the amount of prevention, insuran
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Praise for Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters; Contents; Acknowledgments; Memorandum to a Conderned Finance Minister; Overview; 1. Fluctuating Deaths, Rising Damages-the Numbers; 2. Measuring Disasters' Many Effects; 3. Prevention by Individuals; 4. Prevention through Governments; 5. Insurance and Coping; 6. Coming Game-Changers? Burgeoning Cities, Climate Change, and Climate-Induced Catastrophes; Notes and References; Index; Memorandum to a Concerned Citizen; Back Cover
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-8050-8
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
Volltext
(kostenfrei)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-8050-5
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