Planning for natural disasters in a stochastic world

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-130

  Lave, Lester B ^a   Apt, Jay ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Climate; Decision making under risk and uncertainty; Equity; Externalities; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751094326     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-006-0174-9     Document Type: Article

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