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Dull Disasters? How planning ahead will make a difference
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. Meanwhile, highly infectious diseases will continue to emerge or re-emerge, and natural hazards will not…
Creator
- Clarke, Daniel J.
- Dercon, Stefan
Publisher
- Oxford University Press
Subject
- Economics, finance, business & management::Economics
- Economics, finance, business & management::Economics::Development economics
- Society & social sciences::Society & culture: general::Social issues & processes::Social impact of disasters
- Society & social sciences::Social services & welfare, criminology::Social welfare & social services::Aid & relief programmes
- Economics, finance, business & management::Economics::Political economy
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::Interdisciplinary studies::Development studies
- Natural disaster
- Extreme event
- Pandemic
- Disaster risk finance
- …
Type of item
- Text
Date
- 2016
- 2016
Medium
- application/pdf
Creator
- Clarke, Daniel J.
- Dercon, Stefan
Publisher
- Oxford University Press
Subject
- Economics, finance, business & management::Economics
- Economics, finance, business & management::Economics::Development economics
- Society & social sciences::Society & culture: general::Social issues & processes::Social impact of disasters
- Society & social sciences::Social services & welfare, criminology::Social welfare & social services::Aid & relief programmes
- Economics, finance, business & management::Economics::Political economy
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::Interdisciplinary studies::Development studies
- Natural disaster
- Extreme event
- Pandemic
- Disaster risk finance
- …
Type of item
- Text
Date
- 2016
- 2016
Medium
- application/pdf
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
Identifier
- urn:isbn:9780198785576
Language
- eng
Year
- 2016
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-08-19T14:44:20.126Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-02-22T10:55:07.080Z