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The economic impacts of natural disasters /

This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Guha-Sapir, Debarati, Santos, Indhira, Borde, Alexandre
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Natural disasters > Economic aspects.
Catastrophes naturelles > Aspect économique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Natural disasters > Economic aspects
Naturkatastrophe
Wirtschaft
Business & Economics.
Economic History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199950157
0199950156
9780199339808
0199339805
9780199841943
0199841942