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Creating insurance markets for natural disaster risk in lower income countries: the potential role for securitization [PDF]

This paper considers the potential for securitizing index-based insurance products that transfer weather and natural disaster risks from lower income countries.
Murphy, Anne G., Skees, Jerry R., Barnett, Barry J.   +2 more
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Digital-twin enabled evacuation to improve individual and community resilience of building occupants against indoor Fires: Framework and route-finding algorithm

Developments in the Built Environment
During indoor fires, building occupants are typically not guided with the optimal evacuation routes according to the up-to-date situation and suffer more health damage consequently.
Jonathan Koon Ngee Tan, Shuai Zhang, Adrian Wing-Keung Law, Sai Hung Cheung   +3 more
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Catastrophic events as threats to society: Private and public risk management strategies [PDF]

Dramatic events in the recent past have drawn attention to catastrophe risk management problems. The devastating terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 incurred the highest insured losses to date. Furthermore, a trend of increasing losses from natural
Nell, Martin, Richter, Andreas
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Quantifying uncertainty in tropical cyclone risk under present and future climates: implication for disaster risk management in the Philippines

Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose a growing risk to coastal communities in Southeast Asia due to climate change and rapid urbanisation. This study focuses on the National Capital Region of the Philippines, a densely populated and economically vital area.
Lo, Edmond Yat-Man, Stojanovski, Pane, Jian, Wei   +2 more
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Securitizing property catastrophe risk [PDF]

The trading of property catastrophe risk using standard financial instruments such as options and bonds enables insurance companies to hedge their exposure by transferring risk to investors, who take positions on the occurrence and cost of catastrophes ...
Sara Borden, Asani Sarkar
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Regional landslide susceptibility assessment via coupled modeling and sample optimization: A case study of Dujiangyan, China

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study regionDujiangyan City in Sichuan Province, China, represents a typical hydrologically complex mountainous region. It is characterized by dense river networks and abundant seasonal rainfall, and rainfall-induced landslides are frequent in this area.
Lei Wang, Xinyue Wang, Haitao Zhang, Yingjun Xu, Qiang Chen, Jidong Wu, Wei Wu, Daqing Ma   +7 more
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Determinants of Participation in a Catastrophe Insurance Programme: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Country [PDF]

The paper presents empirical evidence of the determinants of catastrophe insurance participation in one of the poorest and most disaster prone countries in the world.
Brouwer, Roy, Aziz, Salina, Chowdhury, Saria, Akter, Sonia   +3 more
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Joint Probability Distribution of Typhoon Disaster Chain "Strong Wind-Rainstorm- Storm Surge" Based on C-Vine Copula Function

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Typhoons and their associated disaster chains pose serious threats to the lives and property of coastal residents, and they remain a focal point for research and response.
Zhou Ziying, Yang Saini, Liu Xiaoyan, Tang Jiting, Shi Yongguo   +4 more
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Spatiotemporal differentiation and dynamics simulation of China’s industrial soot and dust emissions

Scientific Reports
To address the challenge of balancing industrial development and environmental protection in China, we explore the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics, driving mechanisms, and emission reduction paths of industrial soot and dust emissions using an ...
Shouwei Li, Guoming Zhang
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Multi-hazard direct economic loss risk assessment on the Tibet Plateau

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
Natural disasters are becoming increasingly regional, frequent, and complex. Semi-quantitative risk assessments based on risk indices or relative risk levels lack quantitative parameters to characterize losses adequately.
Ru Ya, Jidong Wu, Rumei Tang, Youtian Yang, Lili Wang   +4 more
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