This paper discusses the problem of crowding out of insurance by co-existing governmental relief programs - so-called 'charity hazard' - in a context of different institutional schemes of governmental relief in Austria and Germany. We test empirically whether an assured partial relief scheme (as...

Der Band enthält die Ergebnisse des Arbeitskreises "Raumorientiertes Risikomanagement in Technik und Umwelt". Damit ist es erstmals gelungen, die wechselseitigen Überschneidungsbereiche von Katastrophenvorsorge und räumlich orientierter Planung in wichtigen Grundzügen darzustellen. Denn die...

The proportion of affected populations who flee violent conflict is much smaller than is widely assumed. Many decide to remain in the conflict zones. They are often referred to as stayees. Three groups can be identified. Some people stay voluntarily. Others do so involuntarily, for example...