TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kunreuther,Howard
AU  - Useem,Michael
TI  - Learning from catastrophes: Strategies for reaction and response 
SN  - 9780137044856 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Wharton School Publ.
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Emergency management
N1  - Includes bibliogr. references and index; Principles and challenges for reducing risks from disasters / Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem ; Acting in time against disasters : a comprehensive risk-management framework / Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt ; Forecasting and communicating the risk of extreme weather events / Geoff Love and Michel Jarraud ; Cognitive constraints and behavioral biases / Séan Cleary ; The five neglects : risks gone amiss / Alan Berger ... [et al.] ; Can poor countries afford to prepare for low-probability risks? / Michele McNabb and Kristine Pearson ; The role of risk regulation in mitigating natural disasters / Bridget M. Hutter ; Hedging against tomorrow's catastrophes : sustainable financial solutions to help protect against extreme events / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan ; A financial malignancy / Suzanne Nora Johnson ; Climate change : nature and action / Thomas E. Lovejoy ; Lessons from risk analysis : terrorism, natural disasters, and technological accidents / Detlof Von Winterfeldt ; Turning danger to opportunities : reconstructing China's National System for Emergency Management after 2003 / Lan Xue and Kaibin Zhong ; Dealing with pandemics : global security, risk analysis, and science policy / Jiah-Shin Teh and Harvey Rubin ; Long-term contracts for reducing losses from future catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther ; Developing leadership to avert and mitigate disasters / Michael Useem
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