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Strategies for Managing Low-probability, High-impact Events

Every country should develop strategies for managing low-probability, high-impact extreme events-strategies that reflect their own as well as global experiences with mega-disasters. These strategies should integrate structural and nonstructural mea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hiroki, Kenzo
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCIDENT
CASUALTIES
CASUALTY
CITIZENS
DAMAGES
DEATH TOLLS
DIKES
DISASTER
DISASTER EVENTS
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER PREVENTION MEASURES
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARLY WARNINGS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EMBANKMENTS
EVACUATION
EVACUATION DRILLS
EVACUATION ROUTES
EVACUATION ยท DRILLS
EXTREME EVENTS
FLEXIBILITY
FLOOD
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOODING
HAZARD
HURRICANE
IMPACT EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
NATURAL DISASTERS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
PUBLIC WORKS
RECONSTRUCTION
RELIEF
SAFETY
SATELLITE IMAGERY
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
STRUCTURES
TOOLS
TSUNAMI
TSUNAMIS
WATER PRESSURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/18027493/strategies-managing-low-probability-high-impact-events
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16163

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/18027493/strategies-managing-low-probability-high-impact-events
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16163

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