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Learning from catastrophes: strategies for reaction and response / Howard Kunreuther

By:

KUNREUTHER Howard

Contributor(s):

MICHAEL Useem

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: United Sates of America : Wharton School Publishing, 2010Description: viii, 332 p. : ill. : mapsISBN:

9780137044856 (pbk) :

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Summary: Present innovative approaches to mitigation, preparedness, and response. They show how to dramatically improve forecasting and communication about high-consequence risk, use economic incentives to improve resilience and sustainability, and proactively implement operational steps for rapid, effective response to disaster.

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Present innovative approaches to mitigation, preparedness, and response. They show how to dramatically improve forecasting and communication about high-consequence risk, use economic incentives to improve resilience and sustainability, and proactively implement operational steps for rapid, effective response to disaster.

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