This paper proposes an application of the analytical path assembled within my PhD research on Disaster Risk Creation (DRC) in humanitarian contexts, to Flood Risk Management (FRM) planning in Italy. The investigation concerns some key challenges, for spatial planning and disaster risk...

Environmental changes are predicted to exacerbate changes in flood events, resulting in consequences for exposed systems. While the availability and quality of flood risk analyses are generally increasing, very little attention has been paid to flood impacts related to the commercial market....

On November 23, 2020, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) proposed a rule that would allow a private flood insurance option instead of insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), when FHA requires flood insurance. The Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (FDPA) requires...

Torrential rainfall following monsoon season occur annually in Pakistan. This adversely affect population health by creating extreme pressure on health system. The qualitative study was undertaken in five flood prone districts to examine health systems resilience during floods in Pakistan. Key...

This paper is the first empirical study on adverse selection and moral hazard in the corporate disaster insurance market. By constructing and examining a unique plant-level panel dataset on the 2011 Thailand floods, we overcome the general lack of data that has previously prevented a systematic...

Central bank balance sheet expansion is financed by commercial banks. It involves not just a substitution of liquid central bank reserves for other assets held by commercial banks, but also a counterpart increase in commercial bank liabilities, such as short-term deposits issued to finance...

Central bank balance sheet expansion is financed by commercial banks. It involves not just a substitution of liquid central bank reserves for other assets held by commercial banks, but also a counterpart increase in commercial bank liabilities, such as short-term deposits issued to finance...

This paper reviews the connection and impacts of flooding related to climate change in Southern Ontario. The cased study used was the City of Hamilton and the $20 billion portfolios of assets managed by the City of Hamilton’s Public Works Department. The process involved the development of a...

Agricultural lands are often impacted by flooding, which results in economic losses and causes food insecurity across the world. Due to the world’s growing population, land-use alteration is frequently practiced to meet global demand. However, land-use changes combined with climate change have...