TY - BOOK AU - Posner,Richard A. TI - Catastrophe: risk and response SN - 0195178130 AV - HV 551.2 .P675 2004 U1 - 363.34 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Emergency management KW - Local KW - Technological innovations KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Risk assessment KW - Disasters N1 - 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 ER -