Lessons from Ppp2000 Living With Earths Extremes

Report from the PPP2000 Working Group. In April 1997, Public Private Partnership (PPP) 2000 was established to seek opportunities for gov't. & private-sector org. to work together to develop new strategies that will reduce our vulnerability to natural hazards. The PPP2000 forum comprised a series of meetings that each brought together around 100 tech. experts & high-level policy officials to discuss a particular aspect of natural disaster reduction. Chapters: the insurance sector; managing catastrophic risks; megacities; earthquakes; a global perspective; disaster recovery bus. alliances; real-time hazards monitoring; floods; critical infrastructure; & motivating people.Cohn, Timothy A. is the author of 'Lessons from Ppp2000 Living With Earths Extremes' with ISBN 9780756725891 and ISBN 0756725895.