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UNINA990009294290403321 |
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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt <1868-1963> |
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Sulla linea del colore : razza e democrazia negli Stati Uniti e nel mondo / W.E.B. Du Bois ; a cura di Sandro Mezzadra ; traduzione di Francesco Salvini ... [et al.] |
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Collezione di testi e di studi , Sociologia |
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UNINA9910458020003321 |
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Natural hazards, unnatural disasters [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of effective prevention / / The World Bank and The United Nations |
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Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010 |
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1-282-90616-X |
9786612906169 |
0-8213-8141-5 |
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1 online resource (531 p.) |
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Disasters - Economic aspects |
Natural disasters - Economic aspects |
Emergency management |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Praise for Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters; Contents; Acknowledgments; Memorandum to a Conderned Finance Minister; Overview; 1. Fluctuating Deaths, Rising Damages-the Numbers; 2. Measuring Disasters' Many Effects; 3. Prevention by Individuals; 4. Prevention through Governments; 5. Insurance and Coping; 6. Coming Game-Changers? Burgeoning Cities, Climate Change, and Climate-Induced Catastrophes; Notes and References; Index; Memorandum to a Concerned Citizen; Back Cover |
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Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission and commission. Every disaster is unique, but each exposes actions-by individuals and governments at different levels-that, had they been different, would have resulted in fewer deaths and less damage. Prevention is possible, and this book examines what it takes to do this cost-effectively.It looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose the amount of prevention, insuran |
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UNINA9910144961803321 |
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Field-Programmable Technology, 2007. ICFPT 2007. International Conference on / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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Piscataway, New Jersey : , : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, , 2007 |
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Programmable logic devices |
Field programmable gate arrays |
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