Natural Catastrophes Annual Review,1999

The 7th annual statistical analysis of the Year 1999's natural catastrophes (NC) on the basis of various criteria & to refresh the reader's memory of these events visually. Chapters: picture of the year, & statistics; great NC in 1999: long-term statistics 1950-1999; the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction ends -- the climate summit in Bonn; NatCatSERVICE info.: effects of NC in economies at different stages of development; catastrophe portraits: a year of earthquakes, & December gales in Europe; severe storms -- threatening loss potentials; alternative risk transfer & insurance securitization: chances & limitations; & world map of NC 1999: insert.Birz, Gerhard is the author of 'Natural Catastrophes Annual Review,1999', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756721060 and ISBN 0756721067.