Playing against nature : integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world /

• Main Author: Stein, Seth
• Other Authors: Stein, Jerome L.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014.
• Series: Wiley Works.
• Subjects: Hazard mitigation.; Hazard mitigation > Economic aspects.; Natural disasters > Economic aspects.; Natural disasters > Risk assessment.; Emergency management.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.; Electronic books.

Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build le...

Table of Contents:

• A tricky, high-stakes game
• When nature won
• Nature bats last
• Uncertainty and probability
• Communicating what we know and what we don't
• Human disasters
• How much is enough?
• Guessing the odds
• When's the next earthquake?
• Assessing hazards
• Mitigating hazards
• Choosing mitigation policies
• Doing better.