03718oam 2200721Ia 450 991077806620332120190503073349.00-262-29152-51-282-24027-797866122402700-262-25543-X(CKB)1000000000774528(EBL)3339029(SSID)ssj0000071457(PQKBManifestationID)11109868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071457(PQKBWorkID)10090148(PQKB)11159983(StDuBDS)EDZ0000131046(OCoLC)428732650(OCoLC)432428919(OCoLC)456207681(OCoLC)496157779(OCoLC)647816417(OCoLC)698473658(OCoLC)816316169(OCoLC)961633806(OCoLC)962695014(OCoLC)1055354420(OCoLC)1064184715(OCoLC)1081197529(OCoLC)1087374766(OCoLC-P)428732650(MaCbMITP)8196(Au-PeEL)EBL3339029(CaPaEBR)ebr10309187(CaONFJC)MIL224027(OCoLC)428732650(PPN)17026646X(MiAaPQ)EBC3339029(EXLCZ)99100000000077452820090730d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAt 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 [and others]Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20091 online resource (439 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-262-51654-3 0-262-01282-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Events9 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 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; ReferencesStudy Directors and Other Lead AuthorsIndexIn this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters.Disaster insuranceUnited StatesEmergency managementUnited StatesRisk managementUnited StatesECONOMICS/Environmental EconomicsDisaster insuranceEmergency managementRisk management368.1/2200973Kunreuther Howard121834Michel-Kerjan Erwann1522811Doherty Neil A147257OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910778066203321At war with the weather3762701UNINA