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010 $a 2009032585
020 $a9780137044856 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0137044852 (hardcover : alk. paper)
024 $a40017426387
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050 04 $aHD61$b.L43 2010
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245 00 $aLearning from catastrophes :$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.,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axvii, 332 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rKlaus Schwab -- $tPreface /$rHoward Kunreuther and Michael Useem -- $gPt. I.$tSetting the Stage -- $gCh. 1.$tPrinciples and Challenges for Reducing Risks from Disasters /$rHoward Kunreuther and Michael Useem -- $gCh. 2.$tActing in Time Against Disasters: A Comprehensive Risk-Management Framework /$rHerman B. Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt -- $gPt. II.$tLinking Risk Assessment, Risk Perception, and Risk Management -- $gCh. 3.$tForecasting and Communicating the Risk of Extreme Weather Events /$rGeoff Love and Michel Jarraud -- $gCh. 4.$tCognitive Constraints and Behavioral Biases /$rSean Cleary -- $gCh. 5.$tThe Five Neglects: Risks Gone Amiss /$rAlan Berger, Case Brown, Carolyn Kousky and Richard Zeckhauser -- $gCh. 6.$tCan Poor Countries Afford to Prepare for Low-Probability Risks? /$rMichele McNabb and Kristine Pearson -- $gCh. 7.$tThe Role of Risk Regulation in Mitigating Natural Disasters /$rBridget M. Hutter -- $gCh. 8.$tHedging Against Tomorrow's Catastrophes: Sustainable Financial Solutions to Help Protect Against Extreme Events /$rErwann O. Michel-Kerjan -- $gPt. III.$tApplications to Catastrophic Risks -- $gCh. 9.$tA Financial Malignancy /$rSuzanne Nora Johnson -- $gCh. 11.$tLessons from Risk Analysis: Terrorism, Natural Disasters, and Technological Accidents /$rDetlof Von Winterfeldt -- $gCh. 12.$tTurning Danger to Opportunities: Reconstructing China's National System for Emergency Management After 2003 /$rLan Xue and Kaibin Zhong -- $gCh. 13.$tDealing with Pandemics: Global Security, Risk Analysis, and Science Policy /$rJiah-Shin Teh and Harvey Rubin -- $gPt. IV.$tInnovation and Leadership -- $gCh. 14.$tLong-Term Contracts for Reducing Losses from Future Catastrophes /$rHoward Kunreuther -- $gCh. 15.$tDeveloping Leadership to Avert and Mitigate Disasters /$rMichael Useem -- $tWorld Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Mitigation of Natural Disasters.
650 0 $aRisk management.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114200
650 0 $aEmergency management.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000441
700 1 $aKunreuther, Howard.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007392
700 1 $aUseem, Michael.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81020400
852 00 $boff,bus$hHD61$i.L43 2010