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001 2009032585
003 DLC
005 20100315094421.0
008 090806s2010 njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009032585
020 $a9780137044856 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0137044852 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn419876377
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBWX$dHNW$dDLC
050 00 $aHD61$b.L43 2010
082 00 $a363.34$222
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.,$cc2010.
300 $axvii, 332 p. :$bill. ;$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 / 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.
650 0 $aRisk management.
650 0 $aEmergency management.
700 1 $aKunreuther, Howard.
700 1 $aUseem, Michael.