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Title:
Playing against nature : integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world
Author:
Stein, Seth.
ISBN:
9781118620809

9781118620816

9781118620786

9781306639767
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1 online resource.
Abstract:
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.
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