Learning from catastrophes
Subtitle: strategies for reaction and response
By: edited by Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem ; in collaboration with the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Mitigation of Natural Disasters.
Contributors: Kunreuther, Howard.; Useem, Michael.
Publisher: Wharton School Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780137044856
Subjects: Risk management; Emergency management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles and challenges for reducing risks from disasters / Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem; title: Acting in time against disasters : a comprehensive risk-management framework / Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt; title: Forecasting and communicating the risk of extreme weather events / Geoff Love and Michel Jarraud; title: Cognitive constraints and behavioral biases / Séan Cleary; title: The five neglects : risks gone amiss / Alan Berger ... [et al.]; title: Can poor countries afford to prepare for low-probability risks? / Michele McNabb and Kristine Pearson; title: The role of risk regulation in mitigating natural disasters / Bridget M. Hutter; title: Hedging against tomorrow's catastrophes : sustainable financial solutions to help protect against extreme events / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan; title: A financial malignancy / Suzanne Nora Johnson; title: Climate change : nature and action / Thomas E. Lovejoy; title: Lessons from risk analysis : terrorism, natural disasters, and technological accidents / Detlof Von Winterfeldt; title: Turning danger to opportunities : reconstructing China's National System for Emergency Management after 2003 / Lan Xue and Kaibin Zhong; title: Dealing with pandemics : global security, risk analysis, and science policy / Jiah-Shin Teh and Harvey Rubin; title: Long-term contracts for reducing losses from future catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther; title: Developing leadership to avert and mitigate disasters / Michael Useem.