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Economic losses from disasters are now reaching an average of US$250--$300 billion a year. In the last 20 years, more than 530,000 people died as a direct result of extreme weather events; millions more were seriously injured. Most of the deaths and serious injuries were in developing countries. Mea...

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Main Authors: Clarke, Daniel J. (Daniel Jonathan), 1980- (Author), Dercon, Stefan (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Online access: World Bank World Bank Open Knowledge Repository.
Subjects:
Emergency management.
Crisis management.
Organizational resilience.
War victims.
Disaster victims.
Accident victims.
Gestion de crise.
Résilience organisationnelle.
Victimes de guerre.
Victimes de catastrophes.
Victimes d'accidents.
Aid and relief programmes.
Development economics and emerging economies Mod Development economics and emerging economies.
Development studies.
Economics, finance, business and management.
Economics.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Political economy.
Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.
Social impact of disasters.
Social issues and processes.
Social services and welfare, criminology.
Social welfare and social services.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Disaster victims
Accident victims
War victims
Crisis management
Emergency management
Organizational resilience
Natural disaster
Extreme event
Pandemic
Disaster risk finance
Time inconsistency
Commitment device
Planning
Behavioural psychology
Politics of disaster relief
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1: Dealing with Disasters: It Should and Can Get Better
  • 2: Defining the Problem: Begging Bowls and Benefactors
  • 3: Bring in the Professionals
  • 4: Planning for Disaster Recovery: Changing the Default Setting
  • 5: Finance as the Glue
  • 6: Moving Forward ...