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Stein, Seth; Stein, Jerome L. - Playing Against Nature - 9781118620823 - V9781118620823
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Playing Against Nature

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Description for Playing Against Nature Hardback. * Outlines a framework to find the optimal level of mitigation by balancing its cost against the expected damages, recognizing the uncertainties in the hazard estimates. Series: Wiley Works. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCN; RB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 740.

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 using the funds for patient care? What should scientists tell the public when – as occurred in L’Aquila, Italy and Mammoth Lakes, California – there is a real but small risk of an ... Read more

Readership: Instructors, researchers, practitioners, and students interested in geoscience, engineering, economics, or policy issues relevant to natural hazards. Suitable for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Works
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781118620823
SKU
V9781118620823
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Stein, Seth; Stein, Jerome L.
Seth Stein, Deering Professor of Geological Sciences at Northwestern University, is a seismologist interested in the science of large earthquakes and earthquake hazard mitigation. He has been awarded the James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union, the George Woollard Award of the Geological Society of America, the Stephan Mueller Medal of the European Geosciences Union, the Price Medal ... Read more

Reviews for Playing Against Nature
“That Rumsfeld’s pithy and precise summary of the nature of uncertainty in policymaking is often cited as opaque and obscurant shows more than anything the need for a book like this.”  (Survival Global Politics & Strategy,  1 February 2015)

Goodreads reviews for Playing Against Nature


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