TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clarke,Daniel J.
AU  - Dercon,Stefan
TI  - Dull disasters?: how planning ahead will make a difference 
SN  - 9780191827440 (ebook) :
AV  - HV551.2 
U1  - 363.348 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Crisis management
KW  - Organizational resilience
N1  - This edition previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia; and more. All led to loss of life and loss of livelihoods, and recovery will take years. One of the likely effects of climate change is to increase the likelihood of the type of extreme weather events that seems to cause these disasters. But do extreme events have to turn into disasters with huge loss of life and suffering? 'Dull Disasters?' harnesses lessons from finance, political science, economics, psychology, and the natural sciences to show how countries and their partners can be far better prepared to deal with disasters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785576.001.0001
ER  -