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 [and others]
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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 [and others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 368.1/2200973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Disaster insurance - United States |
| Emergency management - United States | |
| Risk management - United States | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| Altri autori: |
Michel-KerjanErwann
DohertyNeil A
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 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 | |
| Study Directors and Other Lead AuthorsIndex | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | At war with the weather |
| ISBN: | 0-262-29152-5 |
| 1-282-24027-7 | |
| 9786612240270 | |
| 0-262-25543-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778066203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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