Playing against nature : integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world / Seth Stein and Jerome Stein.

Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build le...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via O'Reilly/Safari)
Main Author:	Stein, Seth
Other Authors:	Stein, Jerome L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014.
Subjects:	Hazard mitigation. Hazard mitigation > Economic aspects. Natural disasters > Economic aspects. Natural disasters > Risk assessment. Emergency management. Emergency management Hazard mitigation Natural disasters > Economic aspects Natural disasters > Risk assessment