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Catastrophe Risk Management in Developing Countries and the Last Mile

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  • Munich Re Group (2004) Knowledge Series, Topics Geo 2004 Annual review: Natural Catastrophes 2004. Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, awirtz@munichre.com, Order number 302–04321

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  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (2006) The last mile: earthquake risk mitigation assistance in developing countries; Haresh C. Shah. pp. 2183–2189

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  • Risk Management Solutions, Inc (2005) Creating a technical foundation for earthquake insurance in China. Risk management solutions, www.rms.com, Publications, Natural Hazard Risks

  • United Nations (2004) State of the World’s Cities, 2004/2005, 19/8/2004

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Shah, H.C. (2009). Catastrophe Risk Management in Developing Countries and the Last Mile. In: The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: Revisited. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8609-0_7

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