Highlights the role that insurance and performance standards can play in managing environmental risk. This book analyzes the ability of insurance to play a role in managing environmental risk. It outl...
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Based on the research that has been conducted at Wharton Risk Management Center over the years on catastrophic risk, this title develops risk management strategies for reducing and spreading the losse...
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Analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. This book focuses on natural disaster risk, and also discusses the management of terrorism risk. It invo...
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This study explores the dilemma of siting a high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) repository. The authors examine siting conflicts from a variety of perspectives - political, psychological and sociological ...
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Examines decisions people make about insurance and liability. Three kinds of decisions are covered: consumer decisions to purchase insurance; insurer decisions about coverage they offer; and the decis...
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Explores the dilemma of siting a high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) repository. This book examines siting conflicts from different perspectives: political, psychological, and sociological and identifies ...
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The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion of technologies and aversion to certain products and substances. This title present...
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