Kunreuther, Howard C.; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann O. - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 119-137
The large-scale disasters that have occurred since 2001 suggest that we have entered a new era of catastrophes. We are more vulnerable to extreme events as a result of the increasing concentration of population and activities in exposed areas of the country. The question is not whether...