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020			_a9780198287650
040			_cCUS
082			_a338.9 _bBER/P
100			_aBertrand, J.M. Albala
245		0	_aPolitical economy of large natural disasters with special reference to development countries/ _cJ. M. Albala-Bertrand
260			_aOxford: _bClarendon Press, _c2005.
300			_avi, 259 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
505			_a1 Analytical framework 1 Natural disasters 2 Disaster situation 3 Disaster impact 4 Disaster responses 5 Interference 2 Disaster statistics and patterns 1 Data sources: institutional problems 2 Disaster assessment: the unreliability of figures 3 Global patterns and trends 4 Sectoral patterns of direct effects 5 Patterns of response sources 3 Effects of disaster situations on macroeconomic variables 1 A sample of disaster situations 2 Analysis 3 Methodology 4 Main performance aggregates 5 Investment and sectoral outputs 6 Public finance 7 Balance of payments 8 conclusions 4 Vulnerability 1 Physical vulnerability: description 2 Social vulnerability: processes 3 Overall vulnerability 4 Conclusion 5 Indirect disaster effects and in-built responses 1 Disarticulation of household conditions 2 Disarticulation of the states of health and nutrition 3 Disarticulation of the economic circuit 4 Disarticulation of public activities 6 Disaster response motivation 1 Individual relief motivation 2 Public motivation 3 International motivation 4 Public and international decision processes 7 Final effects on output: a simple macromodel 1 Main rules of natural disasters 2 Overall effect of capital loss on aggregate output 3 Overall effect of disaster response on aggregate output 4 Speed of recovery 5 UNDRO's 'ECLA Estimate' 8 Effects of disaster situations on economy and society 1 A record of studies and some evidence 2 General observations about effects
650			_aDisasters _xEconomic Aspects _zUnderdeveloped Economies
650			_aEconomics
942			_cWB16