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Catastrophe : risk and response / Richard A. Posner.
LIBRA HV551.2 .P675 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Posner, Richard A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency management.
- Disasters.
- Risk assessment.
- Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- In this shocking work, Posner reveals to an unsuspecting public that catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated.
- Contents:
- What are the catastrophic risks, and how catastrophic are they?
- Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks
- How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them
- How to reduce the catastrophic risks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-314) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195178130
- OCLC:
- 55067277
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