Natural Disasters, Poverty and Inequality : New Metrics for Fairer Policies
Conventional risk assessments underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of disasters, leading to inefficient risk management strategies. This happens because conventional assessments focus on asset losses, neglecting important relationships between vulnerability and development. When affected...
Main Authors: | Hallegatte, Stephane, Walsh, Brian |
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Format: | Book Chapter |
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Taylor and Francis
2021
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36656 |
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