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Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters
Author | : United Nations |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0821380508 |
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"A combination of case studies, data on many scales, and application of economic principles...[this report] provides an understanding of the relative roles of the market, government intervention, and social institutions in determining and improving both the prevention and the response to hazardous occurrences."-Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1972
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