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• Title:The future of risk management / edited by Howard Kunreuther, Robert J. Meyer, and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Kunreuther, Howard, editor.
  Meyer, Robert J. (Robert John), editor.
  Michel-Kerjan, Erwann, editor.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
  

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  • Call Number: HD61 .F88 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Risk management.
  Risk (Insurance)
  Insurance--Decision making.
  Emergency management.
  
• Description:vii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Series:Critical studies in risk and disaster.
  
• Summary:Highlighting past research, recent discoveries, and open questions, The Future of Risk Management provides scholars, businesses, civil servants, and the concerned public tools for making more informed decisions and developing long-term strategies for reducing future losses from potentially catastrophic events.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9780812251326 hardcover ; alkaline paper
  0812251326 hardcover ; alkaline paper
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I BEHAVIORAL FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISION-MAKING UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
  ch. 1 Arithmetic of Compassion and the Future of Risk Management / Daniel Vastfiall
  ch. 2 "Risk as Feelings" and "Perception Matters": Psychological Contributions on Risk, Risk-Taking, and Risk Management / Elke U. Weber
  ch. 3 Risk-Based Thinking / Baruch Fischhoff
  ch. 4 Structured Empirical Analysis of Decisions Under Natural Hazard Risk / Mona Ahmadiani
  ch. 5 Mixing Rationality and Irrationality in Insurance Demand and Supply / Mark Pauly
  ch. 6 Disaster Cycle: What We Do Not Learn from Experience / Robert J. Meyer
  pt. II IMPROVING RISK ASSESSMENT
  ch. 7 Using Models to Set a Baseline and Measure Progress in Reducing Disaster Casualties / Robert Muir-Wood
  ch. 8 Learning from All Types of Near-Misses / Robin Dillon
  ch. 9 Managing Systemic Industry Risk: The Need for Collective Leadership / Paul J. H. Schoemaker
  ch. 10 Measuring Economic Resilience: Recent Advances and Future Priorities / Adam Rose
  pt. III DEVELOPING BETTER RISK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
  ch. 11 Improving Stakeholder Engagement for Upstream Risks / Nate Dieckmann
  ch. 12 Improving the Accuracy of Geopolitical Risk Assessments / Richard Zeckhauser
  ch. 13 Efficient Warnings, Not "Wolf or Puppy" Warnings / Richard Zeckhauser
  pt. IV ROLE OF RISK MITIGATION, RISK-SHARING, AND INSURANCE
  ch. 14 Threats to Insurability / Carolyn Kousky
  ch. 15 Role of Insurance in Risk Management for Natural Disasters: Back to the Future / Howard Kunreuther
  ch. 16 Improving Individual Flood Preparedness Through Insurance Incentives / W. J. Wouter Botzen
  ch. 17 Strong and Well-Enforced Building Codes as an Effective Disaster Risk Reduction Tool: An Evaluation / Jeffrey Czajkowski
  pt. V GOVERNMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
  ch. 18 Getting the Blend Right: Public-Private Partnerships in Risk Management / Cary Coglianese
  ch. 19 Regulation of Insurance Markets Subject to Catastrophic Risks / Robert W. Klein
  ch. 20 Rethinking Government Disaster Relief in the United States: Evidence and a Way Forward / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan.