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This study investigated risk-reduction behavior at the household level in three European Union Member States with fundamentally different insurance and compensation schemes. It sought to understand if and how insurance and public assistance influence

This report reviews the availability of data in Austria, to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

This paper reviews recent multifunctional management approaches and evidence of their biodiversity effects for the six European countries Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine. Multifunctional use of floodplains is an

The main goal of the ENHANCE project  ('Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural disasters in Europe')  is to develop and analyse innovative ways to manage natural hazard risks and the key for that is to develop new multi-sectoral

By developing and applying a methodological approach to climate risk management (CRM) in the decision context of sovereign risk (flooding) in Austria, this paper reviews the usefulness of CRM, and based on these insights, inform applications in other

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The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

This comprehensive assessment documents and integrate current scientific knowledge of climate change and its anticipated impacts on Austria. The APCC report was published after the release of the IPCC Working Group III 5th Assessment Report. Its goal was

This paper was produced to coincide with the first anniversary of some of the worst floods to affect central Europe in recent memory. It focuses on flood resilience in Germany, looking at the 2013 floods, and comparing them with the floods of 2002. While

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