Playing Against Nature: Integrating Science and Economics to Mitigate Natural Hazards in an Uncertain World

by Jerome Stein and Seth Stein

Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build levees to protect against floods, or to prevent development in the areas at risk? Would more lives be saved by making hospitals earthquake-resistant, or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118620828
• ISBN13: 9781118620823
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"