Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies.

This book presents papers on several events organized by the World Bank's Disaster Management Fund (DMF). The DMF's objectives are to help the Bank provide a more strategic and rapid response to disaster emergencies and to integrate disaster prevention and mitigation measures in all Bank a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kreimer, Alcira, Arnold, Margaret, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2000.
Colección:Disaster risk management series ; no. 2.
World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
Emergency management > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Emergency management > Developing countries > Planning.
Disaster relief > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Emergency management > Developing countries.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Disaster relief > Economic aspects
Emergency management
Aufsatzsammlung
Katastrophenmanagement
Management
Notfall
Risk management.
Rampen.
Hulpverlening.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • PART I RISK IDENTIFICATION
  • Developing Countries and the Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
  • Economic Aspects of Floods: The Case of Argentina
  • Floods in Buenos Aires: Learning from the Past
  • Climate, Change, and Disasters
  • PART II RISK REDUCTION
  • Infrastructure, Natural Disasters, and Poverty
  • Flooding Issues: The Case of the United States
  • Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Incentives for Risk Management and Mitigation.
  • Single- Family Housing: The Window of Opportunity for Mitigation Following Natural Disaster
  • Women and Children Facing Disaster
  • Climate Change from a Development Perspective
  • PART III RISK TRANSFER AND FINANCE
  • Risk and Insurance by the Poor in Developing Nations
  • Financing Disaster Mitigation for the Poor
  • Moral Dimensions of Risk Transfer and Reduction Strategies
  • Risk Transfer and Finance Experience in the Caribbean
  • Incentives for Mitigation Investment and More Effective Risk Management: The Need for Public- Private Partnerships.

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