Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

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]



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Kunreuther Howard Visualizza persona
Titolo: 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] Visualizza cluster
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  
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  Visualizza cluster
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui