Natural hazards, unnatural disasters: the economics of effective prevention
Submitted by sheeja on Mon, 2010-11-01 05:30
This report focuses on preventing death and destruction from "natural" disasters, and concludes that governments can appreciably increase prevention. It looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens and shows that growing cities will increase exposure to hazards, but that vulnerability will not rise if cities are better managed. The adjective
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31/10/2010