Natural disaster risk in Asian megacities. A case for risk pooling?

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Hochrainer, Stefan ^a   Mechler, Reinhard ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Megacities; Natural disaster risk; Risk financing; Risk management; Risk pooling

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MEGACITY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA;

EID: 78649918303     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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