Banks, Erik. <br/><br/>
Risk and financial catastrophe / 
Erik Banks. 
 - New York :  Palgrave MacMillan,  2009. 
 - vii, 213 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Finance and capital markets .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 'The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with future disasters'--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230577312 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Financial risk management.<br/>Emergency management.<br/>Risk management.