TY - BOOK ID - 77915241 TI - Calculating catastrophe PY - 2012 SN - 1283433222 9786613433220 1848167407 9781848167407 9781848167384 1848167385 9781848167391 1848167393 PB - London: Imperial college press, DB - UniCat KW - Emergency management -- Mathematical models. KW - Natural disasters -- Mathematical models. KW - Natural disasters KW - Emergency management KW - Geography KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Physical Geography KW - Consequence management (Emergency management) KW - Disaster planning KW - Disaster preparedness KW - Disaster prevention KW - Disaster relief KW - Disasters KW - Emergencies KW - Emergency planning KW - Emergency preparedness KW - Management KW - Public safety KW - First responders KW - Natural calamities KW - Mathematical models KW - Planning KW - Preparedness KW - Prevention KW - Mathemical models KW - Natural disasters - Mathematical models KW - Emergency management - Mathemical models UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77915241 AB - Calculating Catastrophe has been written to explain, to a general readership, the underlying philosophical ideas and scientific principles that govern catastrophic events, both natural and man-made. Knowledge of the broad range of catastrophes deepens understanding of individual modes of disaster. This book will be of interest to anyone aspiring to understand catastrophes better, but will be of particular value to those engaged in public and corporate policy, and the financial markets. The author, Dr. Gordon Woo, was trained in mathematical physics at Cambridge, MIT and Harvard, and has made h ER -