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Risk from Natural Disasters

In: Enterprise Risk Management in Finance

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  • Desheng Dash Wu

    (Stockholm University
    University of Toronto)

  • David L. Olson

    (University of Nebraska)

Abstract

Natural disasters by definition are surprises, causing a great deal of damage and inconvenience. Earthquakes are among the most terrifying and destructive natural disasters threatening humans. Emergency management has been described as the process of coordinating an emergency or its aftermath through communication and organization for deployment and the use of emergency resources. This chapter provides the state-of-the-art studies of risk and emergency management related to the Wenchuan earthquake that happened in China in May 2008.

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  • Desheng Dash Wu & David L. Olson, 2015. "Risk from Natural Disasters," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Enterprise Risk Management in Finance, chapter 17, pages 175-182, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-46629-7_17
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137466297_17
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