TY - BOOK ID - 8355989 TI - Dull disasters? : how planning ahead will make a difference AU - Clarke, Daniel J. AU - Dercon, Stefan PY - 2016 SN - 0198785577 0191827444 9780191088414 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Emergency management. KW - Crisis management. KW - Organizational resilience. KW - Disaster victims. KW - Victims of disasters KW - Resilience of organizations KW - Crises KW - Management of crises 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 - Planning KW - Preparedness KW - Prevention KW - Victims KW - Organizational change KW - Problem solving KW - Conflict management KW - Public safety KW - First responders KW - Emergency management KW - extreme event KW - time inconsistency KW - natural disaster KW - disaster risk finance KW - pandemic KW - planning KW - behavioural psychology KW - commitment device KW - politics of disaster relief KW - Decision-making KW - Insurance KW - Reinsurance KW - Risk management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8355989 AB - In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia; and more. All led to loss of life and loss of livelihoods, and recovery will take years. One of the likely effects of climate change is to increase the likelihood of the type of extreme weather events that seems to cause these disasters. But do extreme events have to turn into disasters with huge loss of life and suffering? 'Dull Disasters?' harnesses lessons from finance, political science, economics, psychology, and the natural sciences to show how countries and their partners can be far better prepared to deal with disasters. ER -