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CONCLUSION: NATURAL HAZARD POLITICAL CONTEXTS AND ADOPTION STRATEGIES
Author(s) -
Nilson Douglos
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00322.x
Subject(s) - politics , preparedness , indeterminacy (philosophy) , natural hazard , hazard , investment (military) , moral hazard , economics , business , natural disaster , public economics , natural (archaeology) , natural resource economics , public administration , political science , geography , market economy , law , management , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , archaeology , quantum mechanics , meteorology , incentive
Natural hazard mitigation‐disaster preparedness involves low probability, high consequence politics. Timelplace indeterminacy of catastrophic events seldom allow them to be factored into public or private investment and risk management decisions. Public policies to alleviate impediments to the implementation of effective policy must acknowledge political cultural biases as well as fiscal limitations.