Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. BEHAVIORAL FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISION- MAKING UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY -- Chapter 1. The Arithmetic of Compassion and the Future of Risk Management -- Chapter 2. "Risk as Feelings" and "Perception Matters": Psychological Contributions on Risk, Risk-Taking, and Risk Management -- Chapter 3. Risk-Based Thinking -- Chapter 4. Structured Empirical Analysis of Decisions Under Natural Hazard Risk -- Chapter 5. Mixing Rationality and Irrationality in Insurance Demand and Supply -- Chapter 6. The Disaster Cycle: What We Do Not Learn from Experience -- PART II. IMPROVING RISK ASSESSMENT -- Chapter 7. Using Models to Set a Baseline and Measure Progress in Reducing Disaster Casualties -- Chapter 8. Learning from All Types of Near-Misses -- Chapter 9. Managing Systemic Industry Risk: The Need for Collective Leadership -- Chapter 10. Measuring Economic Resilience: Recent Advances and Future Priorities -- PART III. DEVELOPING BETTER RISK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES -- Chapter 11. Improving Stakeholder Engagement for Upstream Risks -- Chapter 12. Improving the Accuracy of Geopolitical Risk Assessments -- Chapter 13. Efficient Warnings, Not "Wolf or Puppy" Warnings -- PART IV. ROLE OF RISK MITIGATION, RISK-SHARING, AND INSURANCE -- Chapter 14. Threats to Insurability -- Chapter 15. The Role of Insurance in Risk Management for Natural Disasters: Back to the Future -- Chapter 16. Improving Individual Flood Preparedness Through Insurance Incentives -- Chapter 17. Strong and Well-Enforced Building Codes as an Effective Disaster Risk Reduction Tool: An Evaluation -- PART V. GOVERNMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 18. Getting the Blend Right: Public-Private Partnerships in Risk Management -- Chapter 19. The Regulation of Insurance Markets Subject to Catastrophic Risks.

Chapter 20. Rethinking Government Disaster Relief in the United States: Evidence and a Way Forward -- List of Contributors -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Highlighting past research, recent discoveries, and open questions, The Future of Risk Management provides scholars, businesses, civil servants, and the concerned public tools for making more informed decisions and developing long-term strategies for reducing future losses from potentially catastrophic events.