Efficient and equitable policies for managing disaster risks and
adapting to global environmental change are critically dependent on
development of robust options supported by integrated modeling.
The book is based on research and state-of-the art models
developed at IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis) and within its cooperation network. It addresses the
methodological complexities of assessing disaster risks, which call
for stochastic simulation, optimization methods and economic
modeling. Furthermore, it describes policy frameworks for
integrated disaster risk management, including stakeholder
participation facilitated by user-interactive decision-support
tools.
Applications and results are presented for a number of case
studies at different problem scales and in different socio-economic
contexts, and their implications for loss sharing policies and
economic development are discussed. Among others, the book presents
studies for insurance policies for earthquakes in the Tuscany
region in Italy and flood risk in the Tisza river basin in Hungary.
Further, it investigates the economic impact of natural disasters
on development and possible financial coping strategies; and
applications are shown for selected South Asian countries.
The book is addressed both to researchers and to organizations
involvedwith catastrophe risk management and risk mitigation
policies.
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