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It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios

Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, an...

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Main Author: Thomas, Vinod
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AVALANCHES
CASUALTIES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
COAST
COASTAL WETLANDS
COASTAL ZONE
CROPS
DAMAGES
DAMS
DISASTER
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER PROFESSIONALS
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RESPONSE
DROUGHTS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EROSION
FARMERS
FLOOD
FLOOD RISK
FLOODING
FLOODS
FORESTS
HEAT
HEAT WAVE
HEAT WAVES
HEATWAVE
HEAVY RAINFALL
HOUSING
HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES
LAND OWNERSHIP
LANDSLIDES
LONG-TERM MITIGATION
NATURAL CATASTROPHES
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL_DISASTERS
NEGOTIATIONS
PRECIPITATION
RECONSTRUCTION
RECOVERY OPERATIONS
RELIEF
RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS
RELIEF EFFORTS
RESTORATION
SAFETY
SURVIVORS
TEMPORARY SHELTER
VICTIMS
WATERSHED
WEAPONS
WETLANDS
WETLANDS PROTECTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13956346/time-factor-natural-disasters-macroeconomic-scenarios
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10103

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