Natural hazards, unnatural disasters : the economics of effective prevention / the World Bank and the United Nations.

Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission and commission. Every disaster is unique, but each exposes actions by individuals and governments at different levels that, had they been differen...

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Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2010.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
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