Learning from catastrophes : strategies for reaction and response /
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Wharton School Pub.,
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Table of Contents:
- 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.