Risking House and Home: Disasters, Cities, Public Policy

Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN: 0965-3562

Article publication date: 24 April 2009

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Citation

Wilson, H.C. (2009), "Risking House and Home: Disasters, Cities, Public Policy", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 208-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2009.18.2.208.1

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited


This is series of ten essays divided into major sections of the introduction, Insurance, Catastrophe, and Government Policy authored by leaders within their personal fields. The essays take a systematic look at how various commercial and government bodies and the larger economy view situations and responses within disaster related events. The essays cover topics as diverse, yet intricately related, as insurance, damage distribution and losses, impacts, and resilience across various disaster types and severities.

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