Improving Decision Making about Natural Disaster Mitigation Funding in Australia—A Framework
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Improving Decision Making about Natural Disaster Mitigation Funding in Australia—A Framework
Economic losses from natural disasters pose significant challenges to communities and to the insurance industry. Natural disaster mitigation aims to reduce the threat to people and assets from natural perils. Good decisions relating to hazard risk mitigation require judgments both about the scientific and financial issues involved, i.e., the efficacy of some intervention, and the ethical or val...
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عنوان ژورنال: Resources
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2079-9276
DOI: 10.3390/resources5030028