Oxford University Press, Date: 7/16/2016 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 0.6693 in x 8.7402 in x 5.6299 in. Crease on cover* Oxford University Press ISBN 0198785577 9780198785576 [US]

ISBN10: 0198785577, ISBN13: 9780198785576, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Shows how countries and international agencies can better prepare for natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, and drought.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]

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ISBN10: 0198785577, ISBN13: 9780198785576, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Jul 2016] Hardcover Neuware - This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. 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 lossof 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. The insights can lead to practical ways in which governments, civil society, private firms, and international organizations can work together to reduce the risks to people and economies when a disaster looms. Responses to disasters then become less emotional, less political, lessheadline-grabbing, and more business as usual and effective.The book takes the reader through a range of solutions that have been ...
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ISBN10: 0198785577, ISBN13: 9780198785576, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Jul 2016] Hardcover Neuware - This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. 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 lossof 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. The insights can lead to practical ways in which governments, civil society, private firms, and international organizations can work together to reduce the risks to people and economies when a disaster looms. Responses to disasters then become less emotional, less political, lessheadline-grabbing, and more business as usual and effective.The book takes the reader through a range of solutions that have been ...
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