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Disaster risk management: contributions by German Development Cooperation

Topics 193: This paper presents German views on disaster risk management for sustainable development. It contains a section on linking theory and practice, which covers risk analysis, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention and mitigation, and aid and reconstruction. Supporting case studies from several countries are provided. The German Government…
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Natural hazard mitigation and insurance: the United States and selected countries have similar natural hazard mitigation policies but different insurance approaches

Natural hazards adversely affect hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year and cause extensive property damage. In 2007, a year that was not considered an exceptional one for natural hazards, natural hazards caused an estimated 14,600 deaths and $70 billion in property losses. For that year, the insurance industry covered $23.3 billion in loss…

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