Year: 2004
Type: book
Abstract: Disaster prevention and mitigation are integral to development activities.In February 2000, the World Bank' s Disaster Management Facility (now called Hazard Management Unit) initiated a three-year study on the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters, with the support of the U.K. Department for International Development (DfID), provided through its Conflict and Humanitarian Aid Department (CHAD) under the umbrella of the ProVention Consortium.The principal researchers for this three-year study, which began in February 2000, were Charlotte Benson and Edward J. Clay of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.Study team members from the World Bank' s Disaster Management Facility included Alcira
Authors: Charlotte Benson, Edward Clay
Institution: World Bank
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2161981922