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Direct linkDayton-Johnson, Jeff – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
Natural disasters (droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, wind storms) damage wellbeing, both in their immediate and long-term aftermath, and because the insecurity of exposure to disasters is in itself harmful to risk-averse people. As such, mitigating and coping with the risk of natural disasters is a pressing issue for economic development.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Natural Disasters, Seismology, Foreign Countries
