"The OECD has established an International Network on the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes, which this publication supports the ongoing activitives of. [This book] contains three reports focusing on : different institutional approaches to the financial management…
Dramatic events, such as the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan Province in 2008 and the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005, have brought the financial management of catastrophic risks once again to the forefront of the public policy agenda …
Risk awareness, capital markets and catastrophic risks
by OECD
fromPolicy issues in insurance
"The OECD contributes to the improvement of the financial management of major catastrophes both through the activities of the International Network on the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes and through the leadership of its High-Level Advisory Board. This publicati…
"Natural Disasters, 8th edition, is marked by major changes in organization and expanded coverage of weather and climate. The discussion of natural disasters is based on 4 main energy flows: 1) Earth's internal energy flow underlies earthquakes and volcanoes, 2) the external ene…
Prediction and simulation methods for geohazard mitigation: proceedings of the International Symposium on Pre…
by Oka, Fusao, Kimoto, Sayuri, Murakami, Akira, International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation, Kyoto, Japan), International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation, Kyōto
"Disasters often strike without warning and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Yet armed with the right tools and information, survivors can fend for themselves and get through even the toughest circumstances. Matthew Stein's When Disaster Strikes provides a thorough, p…
Efficient and equitable policies for managing disaster risks and adapting to global environmental change are critically dependent on development of robust options supported by integrated modeling. The book is based on research and state-of-the art models developed at IIASA (Inte…
