Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies

This book presents papers on several events organized by the World Bank's Disaster Management Fund (DMF). The DMF's objectives are to help the Bank provide a more strategic and rapid response to disaster emergencies and to integrate disas...

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Main Authors: Kreimer, Alcira, Arnold, Margaret
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436935/managing-disaster-risk-emerging-economies
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spelling okr-10986-151962021-04-23T14:03:11Z Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies Kreimer, Alcira Arnold, Margaret Kreimer, Alcira Arnold, Margaret ALLIANCES BUILDING CODES CATASTROPHES CATASTROPHIC LOSSES CHANGE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMON GOOD DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER EMERGENCIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER MITIGATION MEASURES DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DMF DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION EFFECTIVE STRATEGY EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RECOVERY EMPLOYMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUILIBRIUM FATALITIES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FIRE PREVENTION FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD INSURANCE FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODS FOREST FIRES HEALTH HEALTH CARE HOUSING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IMPORTS INFLATION INFORMED DECISIONS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAND USE LANDSLIDES MARKET INCENTIVES MARKET INCENTIVES FOR MITIGATION INVESTMENT MIMI NATURAL DISASTERS PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PROGRAMS RATES RECLAMATION REDUCING POVERTY REINSURANCE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION RISK REDUCTION RISK SHARING RISK TRANSFER SAFETY SAVINGS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VICTIMS WASTE WORKERS WORLD BANK DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER RECOVERY TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREVENTION ECONOMIC IMPACT FLOODS CLIMATIC CHANGE NATURAL DISASTERS POVERTY CULTURAL HERITAGE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS STATUS OF WOMEN CHILDREN IN POVERTY VULNERABILITY This book presents papers on several events organized by the World Bank's Disaster Management Fund (DMF). The DMF's objectives are to help the Bank provide a more strategic and rapid response to disaster emergencies and to integrate disaster prevention and mitigation measures in all Bank activities. Part I of this book on risk identification contains chapters on the economic impacts on natural disasters in developing countries, including flooding, with the example of Buenos Aires; and time scales of climate and disaster. Part II explores aspects of reducing disaster risk, such as the relationship of infrastructure, natural disasters, and poverty; flooding issues in the United States, incentives for risk management and mitigation concerning cultural heritage; issues related to single-family housing, women, and children; and climate change from a development perspective. Part III looks at strategies for developing countries to more effectively share and transfer disaster risk from the angles of risk and insurance by the poor in developing countries; financing disaster mitigation for the poor; moral dimensions of risk transfer and reduction strategies; incentives for mitigation investment and risk management to encourage public-private partnerships; and linking catastrophe insurance and mitigating disaster losses. 2013-08-19T22:10:41Z 2013-08-19T22:10:41Z 2000-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436935/managing-disaster-risk-emerging-economies 0-8213-4726-8 1020-8135 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15196 English en_US Disaster Risk Managment Series;No. 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean
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topic ALLIANCES
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHES
CATASTROPHIC LOSSES
CHANGE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMON GOOD
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER EMERGENCIES
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER MITIGATION MEASURES
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DMF
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
EMERGENCY RECOVERY
EMPLOYMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUILIBRIUM
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FIRE PREVENTION
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD PROTECTION
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOREST FIRES
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
IMPORTS
INFLATION
INFORMED DECISIONS
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LAND USE
LANDSLIDES
MARKET INCENTIVES
MARKET INCENTIVES FOR MITIGATION INVESTMENT
MIMI
NATURAL DISASTERS
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PROGRAMS
RATES
RECLAMATION
REDUCING POVERTY
REINSURANCE
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MITIGATION
RISK REDUCTION
RISK SHARING
RISK TRANSFER
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
VICTIMS
WASTE
WORKERS
WORLD BANK DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER RECOVERY
TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
RISK MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREVENTION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
FLOODS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
NATURAL DISASTERS
POVERTY
CULTURAL HERITAGE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
STATUS OF WOMEN
CHILDREN IN POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
spellingShingle ALLIANCES
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHES
CATASTROPHIC LOSSES
CHANGE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMON GOOD
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER EMERGENCIES
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER MITIGATION MEASURES
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DMF
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
EMERGENCY RECOVERY
EMPLOYMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUILIBRIUM
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FIRE PREVENTION
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD PROTECTION
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOREST FIRES
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
IMPORTS
INFLATION
INFORMED DECISIONS
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LAND USE
LANDSLIDES
MARKET INCENTIVES
MARKET INCENTIVES FOR MITIGATION INVESTMENT
MIMI
NATURAL DISASTERS
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PROGRAMS
RATES
RECLAMATION
REDUCING POVERTY
REINSURANCE
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MITIGATION
RISK REDUCTION
RISK SHARING
RISK TRANSFER
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
VICTIMS
WASTE
WORKERS
WORLD BANK DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER RECOVERY
TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
RISK MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREVENTION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
FLOODS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
NATURAL DISASTERS
POVERTY
CULTURAL HERITAGE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
STATUS OF WOMEN
CHILDREN IN POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
Kreimer, Alcira
Arnold, Margaret
Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation Disaster Risk Managment Series;No. 2
description This book presents papers on several events organized by the World Bank's Disaster Management Fund (DMF). The DMF's objectives are to help the Bank provide a more strategic and rapid response to disaster emergencies and to integrate disaster prevention and mitigation measures in all Bank activities. Part I of this book on risk identification contains chapters on the economic impacts on natural disasters in developing countries, including flooding, with the example of Buenos Aires; and time scales of climate and disaster. Part II explores aspects of reducing disaster risk, such as the relationship of infrastructure, natural disasters, and poverty; flooding issues in the United States, incentives for risk management and mitigation concerning cultural heritage; issues related to single-family housing, women, and children; and climate change from a development perspective. Part III looks at strategies for developing countries to more effectively share and transfer disaster risk from the angles of risk and insurance by the poor in developing countries; financing disaster mitigation for the poor; moral dimensions of risk transfer and reduction strategies; incentives for mitigation investment and risk management to encourage public-private partnerships; and linking catastrophe insurance and mitigating disaster losses.
author2 Kreimer, Alcira
author_facet Kreimer, Alcira
Kreimer, Alcira
Arnold, Margaret
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Kreimer, Alcira
Arnold, Margaret
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title Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies
title_short Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies
title_full Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies
title_fullStr Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies
title_full_unstemmed Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies
title_sort managing disaster risk in emerging economies
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436935/managing-disaster-risk-emerging-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15196
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