title uniquely covers the role of risk reduction and prevention in disaster prone countries. Examines the best international …

current 100-year storm, we analyze permanently inundated lands and temporary flood zones. In Beira, our analysis finds that a … vulnerable to periodic storm surge damage. -- sea level rise ; storm surge ; tropical cyclone risk ; flood risk ; southern Africa …

penalty of 4% in hurricane striking period. By contrast, within a quiet hurricane period, properties within high flood hazard …. This study investigates whether home buyers' perception of flood risk can be affected by the occurrence of a large …-scale but distant hurricane without direct impact. Using a dataset of residential transactions in Miami-Dade County, FL between …

Federal disaster insurance–in the form of national flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and … study examines the local long-run distributionary effects of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent policy response on …