03436nam 22006734a 450 991081107500332120200520144314.01-280-01527-697866100152760-585-34593-710.1596/0-8213-4726-8(CKB)111004368649652(SSID)ssj0000088165(PQKBManifestationID)11395631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088165(PQKBWorkID)10071574(PQKB)10425120(MiAaPQ)EBC3050501(Au-PeEL)EBL3050501(CaPaEBR)ebr10015750(CaONFJC)MIL1527(OCoLC)47008550(The World Bank)00035920(US-djbf)11943375(EXLCZ)9911100436864965220000316d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierManaging disaster risk in emerging economies /edited by Alcira Kreimer and Margaret Arnold1st ed.Washington, D.C. World Bankc2000xii, 193 pages illustrations ;28 cmDisaster risk management series ;no. 2Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8213-4726-8 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I RISK IDENTIFICATION -- Developing Countries and the Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters -- Economic Aspects of Floods: The Case of Argentina -- Floods in Buenos Aires: Learning from the Past -- Climate, Change, and Disasters -- PART II RISK REDUCTION -- Infrastructure, Natural Disasters, and Poverty -- Flooding Issues: The Case of the United States -- Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Incentives for Risk Management and Mitigation -- Single- Family Housing: The Window of Opportunity for Mitigation Following Natural Disaster -- Women and Children Facing Disaster -- Climate Change from a Development Perspective -- PART III RISK TRANSFER AND FINANCE -- Risk and Insurance by the Poor in Developing Nations -- Financing Disaster Mitigation for the Poor -- Moral Dimensions of Risk Transfer and Reduction Strategies -- Risk Transfer and Finance Experience in the Caribbean -- Incentives for Mitigation Investment and More Effective Risk Management: The Need for Public- Private Partnerships -- Catastrophe Insurance and Mitigating Disaster Losses: A Possible Happy Marriage?.Disaster risk management series ;no. 2.Emergency managementEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesEmergency managementDeveloping countriesPlanningDisaster reliefEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesDisaster reliefDeveloping countriesPlanningEmergency managementEconomic aspectsEmergency managementPlanning.Disaster reliefEconomic aspectsDisaster reliefPlanning.363.34/09172/4Kreimer Alcira1679060Arnold Margaret1965-1670396MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811075003321Managing disaster risk in emerging economies4047071UNINA