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Howard C. Kunreuther

At War with the Weather

Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes

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Innovative, long-term strategies for reducing vulnerability to large-scale natural disasters and for providing financial support for disaster victims.The United States and other nations are facing large-scale risks at an accelerating rhythm. In 2005, three major hurricanes—Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast within a six-week period. The damage caused by these storms led to insurance reimbursements and federal disaster relief of more than $180 billion—a record sum. Today we are more vulnerable to catastrophic losses because of the increasing concentration of population and activities in high-risk coastal regions o… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Michel-Kerjan, Erwann O.
  • ISBN: 978-0-262-29152-1
  • EAN: 9780262291521
  • Produktnummer: 27874965
  • Verlag: MIT Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 440 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 4'228 KB
  • Abbildungen: 82 FIGURES, 47 TABLES

Über den Autor


Howard C. Kunreuther is Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Codirector of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. He is Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Innovation and Leadership in Reducing Risks from Natural Disasters.Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan is Managing Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and teaches in the Wharton School MBA program. He is Chairman of the OECD's Secretary-General High Level Advisory Board on Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes.

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