Economics of DRR

Open file report 2010-1312:

This report presents a winter storm scenario called ARkStorm (for Atmospheric River 1,000), the next major public project for the Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP), which uses hazards science to improve resiliency of

This report summarises GFDRR’s areas of major impacts and use of resources from its inception until fiscal year (FY) 2010, and indicates that coming years will be more promising. It aims not only to serve as the comprehensive overview of the impact of

'What should be done to better prepare the country for large-scale events?' asks Erwann Michel-Kerjan, managing director of the US Wharton Business School's Risk Centre and chairman of the OECD High-Level Advisory Board on the financial management of catastrophes, in a report for the Australian....

This report provides a coherent and comprehensive look at rural poverty, its global consequences and the prospects for eradicating it. It shows that climate change will have its greatest economic impact on poor rural people, particularly as extreme

The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe 1998-2009, a new report by the EEA concludes. It assesses the frequency of disasters and their human, economic and ecosystem impacts and calls for better integrated risk management that includes prevention, preparedness, response and recovery for all hazards across Europe...

The availability of and access to climate change information remains insufficient, according to many of the world's leading financial institutions. A pioneering study confirms the increasing financial relevance of climate change and the fact that insurers and lenders need better information regarding the physical and economic impacts of the world's changing weather patterns...

This study is the result of a global survey on the information requirements of the financial sector. It underlines the importance of developing climate information services in international networks. The aim of this study was to determine precisely what

In the wake of repeated flooding, Gabriel Castro asserts that tragedy repeats itself, saying the Brazilian government has not yet learned its lesson, having spent only 39% of its budget on disaster prevention in 2010...