Quantifying and controlling catastrophic risks

• Main Author: Garrick, B. John.
• Other Authors: Christie, Robert F.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, ©2008.
• Subjects: Emergency management.; Disasters > Risk assessment.; Risk assessment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780123746016; 0123746019; 9780080923451; 0080923453; 1281911267; 9781281911261
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 351 pages) : illustrations

The perception, assessment and management of risk are increasingly important core principles for determining the development of both policy and strategic responses to civil and environmental catastrophes. Whereas these principles were once confined to some areas of activity i.e. financial and insura...