Increasing flood exposure in the Netherlands: implications for risk financing
The effectiveness of disaster risk management and financing mechanisms depends on an accurate assessment of current and future hazard exposure. The increasing availability of detailed data offers policy makers and the insurance sector new opportunities to understand trends in risk, and to make informed decisions on ways to deal with these trends. In this paper we show how comprehensive property level information can be used for the assessment of exposure to flooding on a national scale, and how this information provides valuable input to discussions on possible risk financing practices. The ca... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 5, Pp 1245-1255 (2014) |
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Copernicus Publications
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Schlagwörter: | Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering / TD1-1066 / Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / G / Environmental sciences / GE1-350 / Geology / QE1-996.5 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26801228 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1245-2014 |