Learning from catastrophes : strategies for reaction and response
Record details
- ISBN: 0137044852
- ISBN: 9780137044856
- ISBN: 0137067232
- ISBN: 9780137067237
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 332 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., ©2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Foreword by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman, World Economic Forum"--Cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Principles and challenges for reducing risks from disasters / Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem -- Acting in time against disasters : a comprehensive risk-management framework / Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt -- Forecasting and communicating the risk of extreme weather events / Geoff Love and Michel Jarraud -- Cognitive constraints and behavioral biases / Séan Cleary -- The five neglects : risks gone amiss / Alan Berger ... [et al.] -- Can poor countries afford to prepare for low-probability risks? / Michele McNabb and Kristine Pearson -- The role of risk regulation in mitigating natural disasters / Bridget M. Hutter -- Hedging against tomorrow's catastrophes : sustainable financial solutions to help protect against extreme events / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan -- A financial malignancy / Suzanne Nora Johnson -- Climate change : nature and action / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Lessons from risk analysis : terrorism, natural disasters, and technological accidents / Detlof Von Winterfeldt -- Turning danger to opportunities : reconstructing China's National System for Emergency Management after 2003 / Lan Xue and Kaibin Zhong -- Dealing with pandemics : global security, risk analysis, and science policy / Jiah-Shin Teh and Harvey Rubin -- Long-term contracts for reducing losses from future catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther -- Developing leadership to avert and mitigate disasters / Michael Useem. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Risk management Emergency management Risk Management Gestion du risque risk management Emergency management Risk management |
Genre: | Electronic books. |