Part V, Government and risk management. Rethinking government disaster relief in the United States : evidence and a way forward / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan. "Risk as feelings" and "perception matters" : psychological contributions on risk, risk-taking, and risk management / Elke U. Weber -- Risk-based thinking / Baruch Fischhoff -- Structured empirical analysis of decisions under natural hazard risk / Craig E. Landry, Gregory Colson, and Mona Ahmadiani -- Mixing rationality and irrationality in insurance demand and supply / Mark Pauly -- Disaster cycle : what we do not learn from experience / Robert J. Meyer ; Part II, Improving risk assessment. Using models to set a baseline and measure progress in reducing disaster casualties / Robert Muir-Wood -- Learning from all types of near-misses / Robin Dillon -- Managing systemic industry risk : the need for collective leadership / Paul J.H. Schoemaker -- Measuring economic resilience : recent advances and future priorities / Adam Rose ; Part III, Developing better risk communication strategies. Improving stakeholder engagement for upstream risks / Robin Gregory and Nate Dieckmann -- Improving the accuracy of geopolitical risk assessments / Barbara A. Mellers, Philip E. Tetlock, Joshua D. Baker, Jeffrey A. Friedman, and Richard Zeckhauser -- Efficient warnings, not "wolf or puppy" warnings / Lisa A. Robinson, W. Kip Viscusi, and Richard Zeckhauser ; Part IV, Role of risk mitigation, risk-sharing, and insurance. Threats to insurability / Carolyn Kousky -- Role of insurance in risk management for natural disasters : back to the future / Howard Kunreuther -- Improving individual flood preparedness through insurance incentives / W.J. Wouter Botzen -- Strong and well-enforced building codes as an effective disaster risk reduction tool : an evaluation / Jeffrey Czajkowski ; Part V, Government and risk management. Getting the blend right : public-private partnerships in risk management / Cary Coglianese -- Regulation of insurance markets subject to catastrophic risks / Robert W. Klein -- Rethinking government disaster relief in the United States : evidence and a way forward / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan.
Summary:
Highlighting past research, recent discoveries, and open questions, The Future of Risk Management provides scholars, businesses, civil servants, and the concerned public tools for making more informed decisions and developing long-term strategies for reducing future losses from potentially catastrophic events.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.