the core of the debate, we argue that another key dimension is often overlooked: how to use insurance as a lever for risk … be effective. We conclude that there is clear scope for the EU to play a greater role in linking risk transfer and … prevention, beyond existing channels, to ensure an integrated approach to flood risk management across the EU. …

used in risk assessments to estimate extent of and damages from flooding and erosion. Further, such flood risk models can … then include the effects of ecosystems, such as mangroves, to model the effects on risk of conservation and restoration … outcomes but also individual nature-based projects to reduce risks. The chapter describes hazard modeling techniques and …

ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sealevel rise. These analyses were used to inform … goal is to quantify the role that coastal habitat plays in reducing risk to people and shoreline under current conditions … more than double, and the total population would nearly triple in The Bahamas. Similarly, the population living along high-risk …

January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti. Damages are estimated for a disaster with both 200,000 and 250,000 total dead … and missing (i.e., the range of mortality that the earthquake is estimated to have caused) using Haiti s economic and …