Natural disaster and financial risk management

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-226

  Oh, K B ^a   Bruce Ho, Chien Ta ^b   Wu, Desheng Dash ^c,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Financial risk management; Natural disaster; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FINANCE;

CHINA; FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT EVALUATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK AND COMPLIANCES; RISK ENVIRONMENT; STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAZARD; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 70649108818     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: 17415071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2009.029247     Document Type: Article

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