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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A tricky, high-stakes game -- When nature won -- Nature bats last -- Uncertainty and probability -- Communicating what we know and what we don't -- Human disasters -- How much is enough? -- Guessing the odds -- When's the next earthquake? -- Assessing hazards -- Mitigating hazards -- Choosing mitigation policies -- Doing better. |
| Summary |
Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build levees to protect against floods, or to prevent development in the areas at risk? Would more lives be saved by making hospitals earthquake-resistant, or using the funds for patient care? What should scientists tell the public when - as occurred in L'Aquila, Italy and Mammoth Lakes, California - there. |
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Hazard mitigation.
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Hazard mitigation -- Economic aspects.
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Natural disasters -- Economic aspects.
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Natural disasters -- Risk assessment.
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Emergency management.
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Catastrophes -- Réduction. |
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Catastrophes -- Réduction -- Aspect économique. |
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Catastrophes naturelles -- Aspect économique. |
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Catastrophes naturelles -- Évaluation du risque. |
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Emergency management |
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Hazard mitigation |
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Natural disasters -- Economic aspects |
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Natural disasters -- Risk assessment |
| Added Author |
Stein, Jerome L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stein, Seth. Playing against nature. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014 9781118620823 (DLC) 2013046062 |
| ISBN |
9781118620809 (ePub) |
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1118620801 (ePub) |
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9781118620816 (Adobe PDF) |
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111862081X (Adobe PDF) |
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9781118620786 |
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111862078X |
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130663976X |
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9781306639767 |
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1118620828 (cloth) |
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9781118620823 (cloth) |
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(cloth) |
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