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At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kunreuther, Howard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster insurance--United States.
- Disaster insurance.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Risk management--United States.
- Risk management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (439 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I Cause for Concern; 1 A New Era of Catastrophes; 2 Catastrophe Risk and the Regulation of Property Insurance; 3 A Market Analysis of Property Insurance against Hurricane Risk; 4 Come Rain or Shine; II Understanding the Demand and Supply of Disaster Insurance; 5 Homeowners' Decision Making for Purchasing Insurance Coverage; 6 Private Insurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 7 Private Reinsurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 8 Innovative Insurance-Linked Securities for Financing Extreme Events
- 9 A Framework for Linking Supply and Demand of Disaster Insurance10 A Multistate Empirical Analysis of Homeowners' Insurance; III Protecting Homeowners Against Natural Disasters; 11 Impact of Insurance Status on Economic Welfare of Homeowners in Hazard-Prone Areas; 12 Enhancing the Implementation of Risk Reduction Measures; 13 Policy Analysis of Alternative Programs; IV Creating Innovative Solutions; 14 Proposed Innovations for Dealing with Catastrophic Risks; 15 Winning the War against the Weather and Other Extreme Events; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; References
- Study Directors and Other Lead AuthorsIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612240270
- 9780262291521
- 0262291525
- 9781282240278
- 1282240277
- 9780262255431
- 026225543X
- OCLC:
- 428732650
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