Holdings: Understanding Risk in an Evolving World : Emerging Best Practices in Natural Disaster Risk Assessment

Understanding Risk in an Evolving World : Emerging Best Practices in Natural Disaster Risk Assessment

The 10-year-long Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) set out to substantially reduce impacts from natural disasters by 2015. Despite efforts toward this goal, economic losses from natural disasters are rising from US$50 billion each year in the 1980s,...

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Main Author:	Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY APPLICATIONS BUILDING CODE BUILDING CODES CATASTROPHIC LOSSES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CONDITIONS CONTINGENCY PLANNING DAMAGES DEVASTATION DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS DISASTER EVENT DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER_RISK DISASTERS DRIVERS DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS EMERGENCY SERVICES EMPLOYMENT ENSO ERUPTION EVACUATION EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FAMINE FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FATALITIES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PLANNING FINANCIAL RISK FIRE FIRE INSURANCE FIRES FLOOD FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSING HURRICANE IMPACT EVENTS IMPACT OF DISASTER INCOME INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURANCE REGULATIONS INSURED LOSSES INSURERS INVENTORY LANDSLIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MINISTRIES OF FINANCE NATURAL CATASTROPHE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENON NEGOTIATIONS NON-LIFE INSURANCE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAMS PROPERTY INSURANCE PUBLIC POLICY RECONSTRUCTION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REINSURANCE REINSURANCE COMPANIES REINSURERS RISK ANALYSES RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGERS RISK MITIGATION RISK REDUCTION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOLVENCY SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STORM STORMS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABILITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPORT TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TYPHOON URBANIZATION VOLCANO WIND SPEED
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20345924/understanding-risk-evolving-world-emerging-best-practices-natural-disaster-risk-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20682

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20345924/understanding-risk-evolving-world-emerging-best-practices-natural-disaster-risk-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20682

Understanding Risk in an Evolving World : Emerging Best Practices in Natural Disaster Risk Assessment

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