Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management

Book Overview

Why aren't we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as uncertain - only realised if a somewhat unlikely disaster event actually happens.

This book develops a new business case for investment based on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319406930
• ISBN13: 9783319406930
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"