Political economy of large natural disasters with special reference to development countries/ (Record no. 154513)
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| fixed length control field | 00387nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780198287650 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.9 |
| Item number | BER/P |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bertrand, J.M. Albala |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Political economy of large natural disasters with special reference to development countries/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | J. M. Albala-Bertrand |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Clarendon Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vi, 259 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Analytical framework<br/>1 Natural disasters<br/>2 Disaster situation<br/>3 Disaster impact<br/>4 Disaster responses<br/>5 Interference<br/><br/>2 Disaster statistics and patterns<br/>1 Data sources: institutional problems<br/>2 Disaster assessment: the unreliability of figures<br/>3 Global patterns and trends<br/>4 Sectoral patterns of direct effects<br/>5 Patterns of response sources<br/><br/>3 Effects of disaster situations on macroeconomic variables<br/>1 A sample of disaster situations<br/>2 Analysis<br/>3 Methodology<br/>4 Main performance aggregates<br/>5 Investment and sectoral outputs<br/>6 Public finance<br/>7 Balance of payments<br/>8 conclusions<br/><br/>4 Vulnerability<br/>1 Physical vulnerability: description<br/>2 Social vulnerability: processes<br/>3 Overall vulnerability<br/>4 Conclusion<br/><br/>5 Indirect disaster effects and in-built responses<br/>1 Disarticulation of household conditions<br/>2 Disarticulation of the states of health and nutrition<br/>3 Disarticulation of the economic circuit<br/>4 Disarticulation of public activities<br/><br/>6 Disaster response motivation<br/>1 Individual relief motivation<br/>2 Public motivation<br/>3 International motivation<br/>4 Public and international decision processes<br/><br/>7 Final effects on output: a simple macromodel<br/>1 Main rules of natural disasters<br/>2 Overall effect of capital loss on aggregate output<br/>3 Overall effect of disaster response on aggregate output<br/>4 Speed of recovery<br/>5 UNDRO's 'ECLA Estimate'<br/><br/>8 Effects of disaster situations on economy and society<br/>1 A record of studies and some evidence<br/>2 General observations about effects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Disasters |
| General subdivision | Economic Aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | Underdeveloped Economies |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Economics |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 338.9 BER/P | P09305 | 11/07/2018 | 11/07/2018 | General Books |