Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management

Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as uncertain – only realised if a somewhat unlikely disaster event actually happens.

This book develops a new business case for investment based on the multiple dividends of resilience. This looks beyond o...