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Creation and catastrophe symposium April 7th 2016 | report
, 2016 The Creation and Catastrophe Symposium was held on 7 April 2016 in London. The event brought together over 60 participants and was organised in collaboration with RMIT University, Oxford Brookes University and the International Federation of Red Cross ...
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Exposure of Global Rail and Road Infrastructures in Future Record‐Breaking Climate Extremes
Earth's FutureTransport infrastructures built on historical experience are expected to face multiple threats under climate change, especially the continuous interruptive losses and additional maintenance costs caused by more intense or frequent record‐breaking extreme
Qianzhi Wang +4 more
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Ecological IndicatorsSoil erosion presents a significant obstacle to food and ecosystem security. This study combined multi-source data to construct a soil erosion model and challenges to grain productivity in the black soil region of Northeast China.
Jiawang Zhang +3 more
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Catastrophe risk pricing : an empirical analysis [PDF]
The price of catastrophe risks is viewed by many to be too high and/or too volatile. Catastrophe risk practitioners point out that, contrary to standard insurance, such as automobile insurance, catastrophe re-insurance is exposed to infrequent but ...
Lane, Morton, Mahul, Olivier
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Photovoltaic installations are extensively deployed in areas at risk of extremely low production
Communications Earth & EnvironmentPhotovoltaic (PV) installations have rapidly and extensively been deployed worldwide as a promising alternative renewable energy source. However, weather anomalies could expose them to challenges in supply security by causing very low power production ...
Qianzhi Wang +5 more
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Financial Innovation in the Management of Catastrophe Risk [PDF]
Catastrophic events such as hurricane and earthquakes are the dominant source of risk for many property casualty insurers. Primary insurers usually limit the scale and geographic scope of their operations in order to focus on core competencies such as ...
Neil A. Doherty
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Earth and Space ScienceClimate extremes over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are intensifying and can threaten high‐altitude railways by altering permafrost stability, freeze–thaw regimes, drainage pressure, and hydro‐geomorphic hazards, yet their evolution for railways remains ...
Bohao Li +9 more
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Remote SensingReliable and spatially explicit information on global crop yield has paramount implications for food security and agricultural sustainability. However, most previous yield estimates are either coarse-resolution in both space and time or are based on ...
Zhao Zhang +4 more
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Remote SensingGlobal warming is exacerbating flood hazards, making the robustness of flood risk management a critical issue. Without considering future scenarios, flood risk analysis built only on historical knowledge may not adequately address the coming challenges ...
Kezhen Yao +9 more
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Valuation of double trigger catastrophe options with counterparty risk
, 2014 This study presents a novel catastrophe option pricing model thatconsiders counterparty risk. Asset prices are modeled through ajump-diffusion process which is correlated to counterparty lossprocess and collateral assets.
I-Ming Jiang +3 more
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