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The Unsustainable Trend of Natural Hazard Losses in the United States

Gall, Melanie; Borden, Kevin A.; Emrich, Christopher T.; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 11, pp. 2157-2181

this trend, sustainable development, vulnerability reduction, and hazard mitigation must become priorities and current loss …

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS IN NORTHERN CANADA: INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES WITH GOVERNMENT POLICY

Newton, John; Paci, C.; Ogden, Aynslie - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 3, pp. 541-571

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Reducing people's vulnerability to natural hazards communities and resilience

Cannon, Terry - 2008

The concepts vulnerability, resilience and community are widely used and abused in the literature on natural hazards … and disaster risk reduction. This paper seeks to bring greater rigour in their use. In particular, vulnerability must be … inverse of vulnerability, and by others as an independent quality. These confusions may be especially relevant in the context …

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Assessing vulnerability before, during and after a natural disaster in fragile regions: Case study of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia

Birkmann, Jörn - 2008

Current approaches of measuring vulnerability to natural hazards generally use a rather static perspective that focuses … on a single point in time - often before a hazardous event occurs. In contrast, the paper argues that vulnerability …

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Risk perception of climate change : empirical evidence for Germany

Frondel, Manuel; Simora, Michael; Sommer, Stephan - 2017

The perception of risks associated with climate change appears to be a key factor for the support of climate policy measures. Using a generalized ordered logit approach and drawing on a unique data set originating from two surveys conducted in 2012 and 2014, each among more than 6,000 German...

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Climate risk perceptions of businesses : the role of experience and objective risk factors

Rieger-Fels, Markus - 2025

risk awareness that underlies any adaptation gap. …

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The role of insurance in reducing direct risk : the case of flood insurance

Surminski, Swenja - In: International review of environmental and resource economics 7 (2013) 3/4, pp. 241-278

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Elements of an index-based margin insurance: An application to wheat production in Austria

Heinschink, Karin; Sinabell, Franz; Url, Thomas - 2017

Farmers may use financial market instruments to hedge price risks. Moreover, various types of insurance products are on the market to protect against production losses. An insurance that covers losses of both input and output prices was recently introduced in the USA. We develop this concept...

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Elements of an index-based margin insurance : an application to wheat production in Austria

Heinschink, Karin; Sinabell, Franz; Url, Thomas - 2017

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Flood Planning and Climate Forecasts at the Local Level

Wernstedt, Kris; Hersh, Robert - 2002

We examine the use of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasts for flood planning in the Pacific Northwest. Using theories of resource mobilization as a conceptual foundation, the paper relies on: 1) case studies of three communities vulnerable to flooding that have had access to long-term...

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