Review of Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision Making: Organizational Response to Legislative Mandate

Smith James Fielding
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Smith James Fielding: American Public University System

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2008, vol. 5, issue 1, 7

Abstract: This book is a bold, valuable contribution to the little-developed field of how decisions are made--or not made--to invest in mitigation. It has stylistic and methodological flaws that impeded its general usefulness, but it should be widely read. Ultimately, the book highlights the great conflict between private enterprise efficiency and public vulnerability, the key question in funding mitigation for major hazards like earthquakes and terrorism.

Keywords: mitigation; decision making; risk; vulnerability; investment; California; hospital; seismic; earthquakes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1429

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