Description
Abstract:
This report integrates our knowledge about the effects of natural hazards on human welfare, particularly in its economic aspects. It is a combination of case studies, data and the application of economic principals to the problems posed by earthquakes, abnormal weather and the likes. It provides a deeper understanding of the relative roles of the market, government intervention and social institutions in determining and improving both the prevention and the response to hazardous occurrences.
| Publication Year | 2 010 |
| Author(s) | |
| Language | English |
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| ISBN | 978-0-8213-8050-5 |
| Physical Description | 276 |
| Publisher | World Bank (WB) |
