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Incidents such as the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Chernobyl nuclear accident and earthquakes in Japan and Turkey are recent examples of the massive effects of large-scale disasters on human lives, as well as in economic terms. This publication analyses the economic and social impacts of large-scale disasters, and identifies some initial lessons for the monitoring and management of future disasters. It focuses primarily on restoring trust and securing recovery after a major event has occurred, and is based on a report prepared by a multidisciplinary OECD team of experts between May to July 2003. Issues discussed include: impacts on public finances, financial and insurance markets; disaster management through insurance; compensation issues; housing and community reconstruction; lessons learned from nuclear accidents; as well as a case study of the Turkish response to the earthquakes in the Marmara region in 1999.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff is the author of 'Large-scale Disasters Lessons Learned', published 2004 under ISBN 9789264020184 and ISBN 9264020187.
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