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Title
Governance, risk and financial impact of mega disasters : lessons from Japan / Akiko Kamesaka, Franz Waldenberger, editors.
ISBN
9789811390050 (electronic book)
9811390053 (electronic book)
9789811390043
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-13-9
Call Number
HV551.2 .G68 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
657.836
Summary
This book addresses researchers, practitioners, and policy makers interested in understanding the financial implications of mega-disaster risks as well as in seeking possible solutions with regard to governance, the allocation of financial risk, and resilience. The first part of this book takes the example of Japan and studies the impact of mega earthquakes on government finance, debt positions of private household and businesses, capital markets, and investor behavior by way of economic modeling as well as case studies from recent major disasters. In Japan, the probability of a mega earthquake hitting dense agglomerations is very high. Like other large-scale natural disasters, such events carry systemic risks, i.e., they can trigger disruptions endangering the stability of the social, economic, and political order. The second part looks at the experience of the Japanese government as a provider of disaster-risk finance and an active partner in international collaboration. It concludes with an analysis of the general characteristics of systemic risk and approaches to improve resilience.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 11, 2019).
Series
Economics, law, and institutions in Asia Pacific.
Chapter 1 Financial Impact of Mega Disasters
Introduction
Chapter 2 Japans Disaster Risk Financing
Framework and Policies
Chapter 3 Analysis of the Possible Impact of a Tokyo Mega Earthquake on Japanese Public Finance
Chapter 4 Law and Policy Responses to Disaster-induced Financial Distress
The Tsunami Victims of 3/11
Chapter 5 How the Capital Market Reacted to the Great East Japan Earthquake
A Risk Perspective
Chapter 6
Systemic Risks
Common Characteristics and Approaches for Improving Resilience.
