law on disaster risk reduction, on the one hand, and older international environmental regimes, on the other. The present … essay examines another relevant area that can often be overlooked by both the disaster and environmental regimes: human …

, however, could also play a role in disaster preparedness. In particular, I examine whether governments that are deemed to be … investment in disaster preparedness. I find an inverse U-shaped relationship between repression and casualties, with countries at … either end of the distribution experiencing lower fatalities. -- natural disasters ; government repression ; disaster …

from those of emerging countries. I then estimate distinct disaster risk parameters for these two country groups. My … Bayesian analysis demonstrates that in some aspects advanced countries are more exposed to disaster risk, while in others their … persistent. Advanced countries are also more likely to experience a global disaster, whereas disasters in emerging countries tend …