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245 0 0 _aLearning from catastrophes :
_bstrategies for reaction and response /
_cedited by Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem ; in collaboration with the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Mitigation of Natural Disasters.
260 _aUpper Saddle River, N.J. :
_bWharton School Pub.,
_cc2010.
300 _axvii, 332 p. :
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_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrinciples 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 / Sâean 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.
650 0 _aRisk management.
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650 0 _aEmergency management.
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700 1 _aUseem, Michael.
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