Disaster prevention for sustainable development : economic and policy issues /
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and World Bank,
Washington, D.C. :
c1995
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| Online Access: | https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/804871468765630196/pdf/multi0page.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1. Economic aspects of disasters and sustainable development: an introduction / Caroline L. Clarke and Mohan Munasinghe
- 2. The impacts of natural disasters on developing economies: implications for the international development and disaster community / Romulo Caballeros Otero and Ricardo Zapata Martí
- 3. Vulnerability to disaster and sustainable development: a general framework for assessing vulnerability / Mary B. Anderson
- 4. Advantages and limitations of benefit-cost analysis for evaluating investments in natural disaster mitigation / Randall A. Kramer
- 5. A review of the disaster-related activities of the Asian Development Bank: an economic perspective / Günter Hecker
- 6. The role of insurance in reducing losses from natural hazards / Howard Kunreuther
- Appendix 1. Yokohama declaration
- Appendix 2. Conference schedule.