dc.creator |
Kenny, Charles |
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dc.date |
2012-03-19T19:08:56Z |
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dc.date |
2012-03-19T19:08:56Z |
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dc.date |
2009-01-01 |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-02-17T21:08:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-02-17T21:08:08Z |
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dc.identifier |
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090226130516 |
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dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4042 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245012 |
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dc.description |
Every year, around 60,000 people die
worldwide in natural disasters. The majority of the deaths
are caused by building collapse in earthquakes, and the
great majority occurs in the developing world. This is
despite the fact that engineering solutions exist that can
almost completely eliminate the risk of such deaths. Why is
this? The engineering solutions are both expensive and
technically demanding, so that the benefit-cost ratio of
such solutions is often unfavorable compared with other
interventions designed to save lives in developing
countries. Nonetheless, a range of public disaster
risk-reduction interventions (including construction
activities) are highly cost effective. The fact that such
interventions often remain unimplemented or ineffectively
executed points to a role for issues of political economy.
Building regulations in developing countries appear to have
limited impact in many cases, perhaps because of limited
capacity and the impact of corruption. Public construction
is often of low quality - perhaps for similar reasons. This
suggests approaches that emphasize simple and limited
disaster risk regulation covering only the most at-risk
structures and that (preferably) can be monitored by
non-experts. It also suggests a range of transparency and
oversight mechanisms for public construction projects. |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.relation |
Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4823 |
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dc.rights |
CC BY 3.0 IGO |
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dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ |
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dc.rights |
World Bank |
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dc.subject |
ACCESS TO INFORMATION |
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dc.subject |
ACCIDENTS |
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dc.subject |
AGED |
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dc.subject |
AIDS EPIDEMIC |
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dc.subject |
BUILDING CODE |
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dc.subject |
BUILDING CODES |
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dc.subject |
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS |
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dc.subject |
CAUSES OF DEATH |
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dc.subject |
CHILD HEALTH |
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dc.subject |
CHILD MORTALITY |
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dc.subject |
CHILD MORTALITY RATE |
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dc.subject |
CHILD MORTALITY RATES |
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dc.subject |
CITIZENS |
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dc.subject |
CLIMATE CHANGE |
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dc.subject |
COLLAPSED BUILDINGS |
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dc.subject |
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY |
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dc.subject |
COST EFFECTIVENESS |
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dc.subject |
DEATH RATES |
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dc.subject |
DEATH TOLL |
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dc.subject |
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
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dc.subject |
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK |
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dc.subject |
DISABILITY |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER EVENTS |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER INSURANCE |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER MITIGATION |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER PLANNING |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER PREVENTION |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER REDUCTION |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER RELIEF |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER RISK |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |
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dc.subject |
DISASTER RISKS |
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dc.subject |
DISEASES |
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dc.subject |
DISSEMINATION |
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dc.subject |
DOCUMENTS |
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dc.subject |
EARLY WARNING |
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dc.subject |
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS |
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dc.subject |
EARTHQUAKE |
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dc.subject |
EARTHQUAKES |
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dc.subject |
EDUCATED MOTHERS |
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dc.subject |
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
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dc.subject |
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS |
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dc.subject |
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH |
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dc.subject |
EVACUATION |
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dc.subject |
EXERCISES |
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dc.subject |
FATALITIES |
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dc.subject |
FEMALE EDUCATION |
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dc.subject |
FERTILITY |
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dc.subject |
FERTILITY RATE |
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dc.subject |
FERTILITY RATES |
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dc.subject |
FEWER PEOPLE |
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dc.subject |
FIRST AID |
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dc.subject |
FLOOD |
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dc.subject |
FLOOD CONTROL |
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dc.subject |
FLOOD DAMAGE |
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dc.subject |
FLOOD INSURANCE |
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dc.subject |
FLOOD PROTECTION |
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dc.subject |
FLOODED |
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dc.subject |
FLOODING |
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dc.subject |
FLOODS |
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dc.subject |
FORMAL EDUCATION |
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dc.subject |
HEALTH EFFECTS |
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dc.subject |
HEALTH FACILITIES |
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dc.subject |
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS |
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dc.subject |
HEALTH OUTCOMES |
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dc.subject |
HEALTH RISK |
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dc.subject |
HEALTH RISKS |
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dc.subject |
HOSPITALS |
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dc.subject |
HOUSEHOLD SIZE |
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dc.subject |
HUMAN LIFE |
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dc.subject |
HURRICANE |
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dc.subject |
HURRICANES |
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dc.subject |
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION |
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dc.subject |
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS |
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dc.subject |
INJURIES |
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dc.subject |
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY |
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dc.subject |
INSURANCE |
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dc.subject |
INSURERS |
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dc.subject |
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES |
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dc.subject |
INTERVENTION |
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dc.subject |
LACK OF INFORMATION |
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dc.subject |
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE |
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dc.subject |
LEGAL STATUS |
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dc.subject |
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS |
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dc.subject |
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES |
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dc.subject |
MALARIA |
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dc.subject |
MANDATES |
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dc.subject |
MORTALITY |
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dc.subject |
MORTALITY REDUCTION |
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dc.subject |
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT |
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dc.subject |
NATURAL CATASTROPHES |
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dc.subject |
NATURAL DISASTER |
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dc.subject |
NATURAL DISASTERS |
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dc.subject |
NATURAL HAZARD |
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dc.subject |
NATURAL HAZARDS |
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dc.subject |
NUMBER OF DEATHS |
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dc.subject |
NUTRITION |
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dc.subject |
PHYSICAL DAMAGE |
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dc.subject |
POLICY RESEARCH |
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dc.subject |
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER |
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dc.subject |
PRIMARY EDUCATION |
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dc.subject |
PRIMARY SCHOOL |
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dc.subject |
PROGRESS |
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dc.subject |
PROVISION OF SERVICES |
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dc.subject |
PUBLIC HEARINGS |
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dc.subject |
PUBLIC SAFETY |
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dc.subject |
QUALITY CONTROL |
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dc.subject |
RECONSTRUCTION |
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dc.subject |
REGULATORY AGENCIES |
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dc.subject |
REGULATORY REGIME |
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dc.subject |
RESCUE |
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dc.subject |
RESPONSE TO DISASTER |
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dc.subject |
RICHER COUNTRIES |
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dc.subject |
RISK OF DEATH |
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dc.subject |
SAFETY |
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dc.subject |
SAFETY MEASURES |
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dc.subject |
SAVINGS |
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dc.subject |
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE |
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dc.subject |
SCHOOL BUILDINGS |
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dc.subject |
SCHOOL CHILDREN |
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dc.subject |
SERVICE PROVIDERS |
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dc.subject |
SKILLED PROFESSIONALS |
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dc.subject |
SKILLED WORKERS |
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dc.subject |
STORM |
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dc.subject |
STORMS |
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dc.subject |
SURVIVORS |
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dc.subject |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
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dc.subject |
TSUNAMI |
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dc.subject |
TYPHOONS |
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dc.subject |
URBAN DEVELOPMENT |
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dc.subject |
URBAN POPULATION |
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dc.subject |
USE OF RESOURCES |
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dc.subject |
VACCINATION |
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dc.subject |
VICTIMS |
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dc.subject |
WAR |
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dc.subject |
WOMAN |
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dc.subject |
WORKERS |
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dc.title |
Why Do People Die in Earthquakes? The Costs, Benefits and Institutions of Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries |
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dc.type |
Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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dc.coverage |
The World Region |
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dc.coverage |
The World Region |
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