Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
Over the past twenty years, natural disasters have become more frequent, and the costs of associated damages and losses are rising. In 2012 alone, the 357 natural disasters recorded worldwide resulted in 9,655 fatalities, 125 million victims, and 1...
Main Authors: | Brown, Ray, Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume, O’Mara, Katrina |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/469681490855955624/Enhancing-power-sector-resilience-emerging-practices-to-manage-weather-and-geological-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26382 |
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