Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention

Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters

The Economics of Effective Prevention

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World Bank
World Bank
2010 • 280 pages

"A combination of case studies, data on many scales, and application of economic principles...[this report] provides an understanding of the relative roles of the market, government intervention, and social institutions in determining and improving both the prevention and the response to hazardous occurrences."-Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1972

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