Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention

Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention

Governments can significantly reduce earthquake mortality by implementing and enforcing quake-proof construction regulation. The authors examine why many governments do not. Contrary to intuition, controlling for the strength and location of actual...

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Main Authors: Keefer, Philip, Neumayer, Eric, Plumper, Thomas
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CHILD MORTALITY
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
CRISES
DAMAGES
DEATH TOLL
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISASTER
DISASTER AID
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER TYPE
DISASTER TYPES
DISASTERS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKE
EXPLOSIVE
FAMINE
FAMINES
FARMERS
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FEWER PEOPLE
FLOODING
GENDER GAP
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
HIGH MORTALITY COUNTRIES
INCOME
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INSURANCE
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET FAILURES
MORTALITY
MORTALITY REDUCTION
NATURAL DISASTERS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMICS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION SIZE
POPULOUS COUNTRIES
PREVENTION EFFORTS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC POLICY
RECONSTRUCTION
RICHER COUNTRIES
SAFETY
SANCTION
SANITATION
SCARCE RESOURCES
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIETAL LEVEL
TECTONIC PLATES
VICTIMS
VULNERABILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11670035/earthquake-propensity-politics-mortality-prevention
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19863

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11670035/earthquake-propensity-politics-mortality-prevention
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19863

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