... makes modelling better to do. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Disasters Cost estimates Economics Macroeconomics Microeconomics Tsunamis, droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods are a constant threat to society. Where in the past the population at risk had to react...

...Paul Freeman; Leslie Martin; Reinhard Mechler; Koko Warner This paper addresses a critical problem in macroeconomic planning for natural disaster losses: how to incorporate potential future losses into current planning activity. The authors develop a technique to integrate probabilistic natural...