Macroeconomic Risk Management Against Natural Disasters Analysis focussed on governments in developing countries /

• Main Author: Hochrainer, Stefan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : DUV, 2006.
• Subjects: Finance.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Finance, general.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Natural disasters cause considerable economic damage. While developed countries usually are able to cope with the impacts of natural hazards, developing countries are faced with severe consequences for their resources. In order to prevent long-term macroeconomic repercussions, governments need a com...

Table of Contents:

• Natural disaster risk
• Economic impacts - Statistical analysis
• Natural disaster risk management measures
• Financial resilience of the public sector
• Catastrophe modeling and simulation
• Case Studies
• Conclusion and future work.