Dull Disasters?
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Cover
Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Dealing with Disasters: It should and can get better
What Does This Book Do?
The Evidence?
A Focus on Natural Disasters
Let’s Dull Disasters!
Recapping . . .
2: Defining the Problem: Begging bowls and benefactors
A Flawed Funding Model
The Consequences
Ambiguities
Procrastination and Delays
Crying Wolf
Fragmented Responses
Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness
Moving Beyond a Medieval System of Finance
Recapping . . .
A Snapshot of the Literature
3: Bring in the Professionals
The Politics of Credible Pre-Disaster Plans
The Scientists
The Bureaucrats
Pulling Together the Parties
Drawing Up the Plan
The Implementers
The Financiers
Avoiding Hot Air and Getting Results
Embracing Pre-Disaster Planning
Recapping . . .
A Snapshot of the Literature
4: Planning for Disaster Recovery: Changing the default setting
The Flaws of Human Decision Making
It Isn’t Rocket Science (or Is It?)
All Systems Go
Lessons from Insurance
Applying Rules-Based Approaches to Disaster Planning
For Benefactors, a New Strategy
Recapping . . .
A Snapshot of the Literature
5: Finance as the Glue
Can Financial Instruments Replace a Disaster Plan?
Thinking Like an Insurance Company
Preparing Like an Insurance Company
Choosing among Financial Instruments
The Challenges and Opportunities of Ex Ante Instruments
Acting Like an Insurance Company
The Building Blocks of a Better System
Recapping . . .
A Snapshot of the Literature
6: Moving Forward
Why Are We Even Talking about This?
What Is the Solution?
What Are the Challenges?
Making Difficult Pre-Disaster Trade-offs
Providing Protection, Not Relief
Getting Others to Pay Their Share
Learning by Doing and Having a Backup
Getting Started: Taking the First Steps
Dulling Disasters, Now!
Recapping . . .
Glossary
Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
References
Index
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