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Posner, Richard A.

Catastrophe risk and response Richard A. Posner. - New York Oxford University Press 2004. - x, 322 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-314) and index.

What are the catastrophic risks, and how catastrophic are they? -- Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks -- How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them -- How to reduce the catastrophic risks.

ISBN: 0195178130 9780195178135

LCCN: 2004009728

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emergency management
Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.
Risk assessment
Disasters

LC Class. No.: HV 551.2 / .P675 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 363.34