Integrating Science and Economics to Mitigate Natural Hazards in an Uncertain World
by
Seth Stein, Jerome Stein
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build...