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Klimawandel in Deutschland : Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven
Brasseur, Guy (ed.); Jacob, Daniela (ed.);  … - 2017
Klappentext: Erstmals trägt dieses nationale Assessment den Forschungsstand zum Klimawandel umfassend für alle Themenbereiche und gesellschaftlichen Sektoren zusammen. Womit müssen wir in Deutschland rechnen, welche Auswirkungen werden die Klimaveränderungen auf Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft...
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Unsafety : Disaster Management, Organizational Accidents, and Crisis Sciences for Sustainability
Atsuji, Shigeo - 2016
This is the first book to examine the linkages among natural and organizational accidents and disasters in the modern … disasters and organizational accidents that arise as repercussions of natural hazards. Japan serves as an example, where … natural disasters and organizational accidents. Natural and human-made disasters happen worldwide and cause misery through …
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Enterprise Risk Management Models
Olson, David L - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017
This book is a comprehensive guide to several aspects of risk, including information systems, disaster management, supply chain and disaster management perspectives. A major portion of this book is devoted to presenting a number of operations research models that have been (or could be) applied...
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Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience' : A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management
Surminski, Swenja (ed.); Tanner, Thomas (ed.) - 2016
disasters, and perceive the return on investment as uncertain - only realised if a somewhat unlikely disaster event actually … of losses from disasters and enabling businesses, farmers and homeowners to take positive risks (the second dividend …
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Environmental and Natural Disaster Resilience of Indonesia
Miyata, Yuzuru; Shibusawa, Hiroyuki; Permana, Indrawan; … - 2018
This study aims at analyzing the resilience of Indonesia from two aspects: one is was natural disaster and the other is environmental protection. Therefore the study comprises two parts. The first aims at analyzing Palangkaraya City in Central Kalimantan Province by constructing apartial and a...
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Defining and measuring economic resilience from a societal, environmental and security perspective
Rose, Adam - 2017
with short-term crises, such as natural disasters and acts of terrorism. As well, the author shows how lessons learned in …
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Economic consequence analysis of disasters : the E-CAT software tool
Rose, Adam; Prager, Fynnwin; Chen, Zhenhua; Chatterjee, … - 2017
This study develops a methodology for rapidly obtaining approximate estimates of the economic consequences from numerous natural, man-made and technological threats. This software tool is intended for use by various decision makers and analysts to obtain estimates rapidly. It is programmed in...
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Natural Disasters and Individual Behaviour in Developing Countries : Risk, Trust and the Demand for Microinsurance
Fiala, Oliver - 2017
This study investigates the complex link between natural disasters, individual behaviour - in the form of an individual …Introduction -- Natural Disasters in Developing Countries -- Experience Natural Disasters: How this Influences Risk …
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The Economics of the Global Environment : Catastrophic Risks in Theory and Policy
Chichilnisky, Graciela (ed.); Rezai, Armon (ed.) - 2016
This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources...
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Consumer Reaction, Food Production and the Fukushima Disaster : Assessing Reputation Damage Due to Potential Radiation Contamination
Aruga, Kentaka - 2017
This book examines the factors involved in consumer responses to food produced in regions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant following the March 2011 Eastern Japanese earthquake, and assesses how responses to reports on food safety and risk of radiation contamination shaped consumer...
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