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Science 2 November 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5851, p. 753
DOI: 10.1126/science.1149628
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Policy Forum

DISASTER MANAGEMENT:
Confronting Disaster Losses

Laurens M. Bouwer,1* Ryan P. Crompton,2 Eberhard Faust,3 Peter Höppe,3 Roger A. Pielke Jr.4

Action on disaster risk reduction can support sustainable development under climate change.

1Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2Risk Frontiers, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

3Geo Risks Research Department, Munich Re, Munich, Germany.

4Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: laurens.bouwer{at}ivm.falw.vu.nl

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