Catastrophe

Posner, Richard A.

Catastrophe risk and response / [electronic resource] : Richard A. Posner. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Pres, 2004. - x, 322 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What are catastrophic risks, and how catastrophic are they? -- Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks -- How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them -- How to reduce the catastrophic risks.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Emergency management.
Disasters.
Risk assessment.
Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.


Electronic books.

HV551.2 / .P675 2004eb

363.34

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