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Playing against natureintegrating sc...

Stein, Jerome L.

Playing against natureintegrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Playing against natureSeth Stein and Jerome Stein.
Reminder of title:	integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world /
Author:	Stein, Seth.
other author:	Stein, Jerome L.
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex :John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,2014.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Hazard mitigation.
Online resource:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118620786
ISBN:	9781118620809 (ePub)

Playing against natureintegrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world /
Stein, Seth.

Playing against natureintegrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world /[electronic resource] :Seth Stein and Jerome Stein. - Chichester, West Sussex :John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A tricky, high-stakes game -- When nature won -- Nature bats last -- Uncertainty and probability -- Communicating what we know and what we don't -- Human disasters -- How much is enough? -- Guessing the odds -- When's the next earthquake? -- Assessing hazards -- Mitigating hazards -- Choosing mitigation policies -- Doing better.

Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build levees to protect against floods, or to prevent development in the areas at risk? Would more lives be saved by making hospitals earthquake-resistant, or using the funds for patient care? What should scientists tell the public when - as occurred in L'Aquila, Italy and Mammoth Lakes, California - there.

ISBN: 9781118620809 (ePub)

LCCN: 2014003948Subjects--Topical Terms:

557634
Hazard mitigation.

LC Class. No.: GB5014

Dewey Class. No.: 363.34/6

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