En portada: A report from the Yokohama World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, May 23-27, 1994.

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Economic aspects of disasters and sustainable development: an introduction / Caroline L. Clarke and Mohan Munasinghe -- 2. The impacts of natural disasters on developing economies: implications for the international development and disaster community / Romulo Caballeros Otero and Ricardo Zapata Martí -- 3. Vulnerability to disaster and sustainable development: a general framework for assessing vulnerability / Mary B. Anderson -- 4. Advantages and limitations of benefit-cost analysis for evaluating investments in natural disaster mitigation / Randall A. Kramer -- 5. A review of the disaster-related activities of the Asian Development Bank: an economic perspective / Günter Hecker -- 6. The role of insurance in reducing losses from natural hazards / Howard Kunreuther -- Appendix 1. Yokohama declaration -- Appendix 2. Conference schedule.