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The United Nations Sendai (2015) framework aims to reduce disaster risk. We offer a careful definition and computation … of the individual and property risk targets. Selecting the largest and better studied class of “natural disasters” over … the period 1970-2018, we show that individual risk is “likely” falling, that property risk is neither rising nor falling …
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In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at … the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …
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experience suggests there are ways to strengthen policy frameworks to increase resilience to natural disaster shocks, including …
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. There is now a growing tendency for risk manager to bypass traditional insurance markets, and a variety of instruments … designed directly to transfer risk to the financial markets. After a couple of years of low catastrophe claims, 1998 claims are …
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costs but also to natural disaster risks. Costly insurance and charity donation both lead to low insurance purchase. While …
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authorities and agencies and/or public authorities and civil society for disaster risk reduction. We pay attention to Public … resource management (CBNRM) and disaster risk reduction (CBDRR), as well as other cooperative initiatives. In many respects …. The analysis is complemented by examples of PuPs addressed in the ENHANCE case studies in which disaster risk reduction …
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Using an economic model to assess welfare risk and resilience to disasters, this paper systematically tackles the … losses at the microeconomic level. Apart from the prioritization of regions based on resilience and welfare risk, we identify … risk from riverine floods. While there are similarities in the ranking of policies among regions with comparable levels of …
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disaster risk resilience (DRR). This paper tries to emphasise the importance of DRR in dealing with natural catastrophesby …. It briefly talks about synergising risk reduction efforts with sustainable development goals through the Sendai Framework … sectors.Despite the suite of reforms that have been initiated in shifting towards resilient infrastructure and disaster funds …
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The paper analyzes the impact of natural disasters on per-capita GDP growth. Using a quantile regressions and growth-at-risk … average. We find that countries that have in place disaster preparedness mechanisms and lower public debt have lower … probability of witnessing a significant drop in growth as a consequence of a natural disaster, but our innovative methodology in …
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concerning catastrophic risk management policies in agriculture based on a survey addressed to both groups. Respondents were … farmers’ insurance to bear the costs. The results indicate that citizens generally accept public spending on agricultural risk … management, either through some ex post disaster aid or through subsidised insurance. Farmers’ preferences were generally aligned …
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