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UNINA9910458120903321 |
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Gaillard Frye <1946-> |
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Prophet from Plains : Jimmy Carter and His Legacy / / Frye Gaillard ; foreword by David C. Carter |
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Athens : , : University of Georgia Press, , 2007 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012 |
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1-282-91958-X |
9786612919589 |
0-8203-3899-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (145 p.) |
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Ex-presidents - United States |
Presidents - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 |
United States Politics and government 1977-1981 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-120) and index. |
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""PROLOGUE: The Story""; ""ONE: The Promise""; ""TWO: The Triumphs""; ""THREE: The Fall""; ""FOUR: The Final Agony""; ""FIVE: Perspective in Plains""; ""SIX: The Carter Center""; ""SEVEN: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease""; ""EIGHT: Endangered Values""; ""NINE: The Carter Legacy""; ""Notes and Acknowledgments""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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UNINA9910964635903321 |
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Autore |
Kunreuther Howard |
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At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty ... [et al.] |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009 |
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9786612240270 |
9780262291521 |
0262291525 |
9781282240278 |
1282240277 |
9780262255431 |
026225543X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (439 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disaster insurance - United States |
Emergency management - United States |
Risk management - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I Cause for Concern; 1 A New Era of Catastrophes; 2 Catastrophe Risk and the Regulation of Property Insurance; 3 A Market Analysis of Property Insurance against Hurricane Risk; 4 Come Rain or Shine; II Understanding the Demand and Supply of Disaster Insurance; 5 Homeowners' Decision Making for Purchasing Insurance Coverage; 6 Private Insurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 7 Private Reinsurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 8 Innovative Insurance-Linked Securities for Financing Extreme Events |
9 A Framework for Linking Supply and Demand of Disaster Insurance10 A Multistate Empirical Analysis of Homeowners' Insurance; III Protecting Homeowners Against Natural Disasters; 11 Impact of Insurance Status on Economic Welfare of Homeowners in Hazard-Prone Areas; 12 Enhancing the Implementation of Risk Reduction Measures; 13 Policy |
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Analysis of Alternative Programs; IV Creating Innovative Solutions; 14 Proposed Innovations for Dealing with Catastrophic Risks; 15 Winning the War against the Weather and Other Extreme Events; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters. |
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