planning purposes (i.e., to reduce or avoid the risk). Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003 …

financial institutions and disaster response agencies, this paper explores the theory that coupling the two "instruments" can … aid disaster risk reduction and management. It concludes that there is no simple answer and that further research is …

” also consists of prohibiting projects that raise risk levels, such as draining swamps.) We show that if private capital is …

A series of major industrial disasters have led to the concept of "major technological risk" and all the sciences and … techniques to study the risks (natural and technological) and the measures to prevent them. The risk management is a process by … which LCPs control their own levels of risk. The key elements of an effective program of risk management are: policies …

The present article explores the dynamics of disaster-induced risk resulted from tropical Cyclone Aila that struck … destroying 77,000 acres of farmland. This study assesses disaster risk by using basic pseudo-equation expressed as Risk … disaster risk. Following stratified purposive sampling techniques, a total of fourteen focus group discussions were conducted …

governments, businesses, and individuals can better manage risk in our contemporary world. Goldin and Mariathasan assert that the …. The recent financial crisis exemplifies the new form of systemic risk that will characterize the coming decades, and the … authors provide the first framework for understanding how such risk will function in the twenty-first century. Goldin and …

governments, businesses, and individuals can better manage risk in our contemporary world. Goldin and Mariathasan assert that the …. The recent financial crisis exemplifies the new form of systemic risk that will characterize the coming decades, and the … authors provide the first framework for understanding how such risk will function in the twenty-first century. Goldin and …

. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affected individuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in high flooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk related behaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …