The risk of climate disasters has spurred increased interest in public policies that help
expand the number of households with disaster insurance, particularly for financially …

Catastrophe insurance can play an important role in compensating disaster losses and
mitigating catastrophe risk, but interest in participating is usually mismatched between …

This paper investigates the impact of an earthquake on households' perception of the
seismic risks associated with residential locations—and, consequently, the impact of this …

The devastating consequences of tsunamis on coastal infrastructure have highlighted the
urgent need for effective disaster risk reduction strategies. To mitigate tsunami disasters, the …

Abstract The Canterbury earthquake sequence (2010–2011) badly damaged land and
created new risks from rockfalls and cliff collapses in several residential areas in …

We examine the impact of the earthquake sequence in 2010–2012 on labour productivity in
New Zealand's Canterbury region, utilising a dynamic Difference-in-Differences approach …

Climate change is predicted to make extreme weather events worse and more frequent in
many places around the world. In New Zealand, the Earthquake Commission (EQC) was …

France experiences catastrophic floods on a yearly basis, with significant societal impacts. In
this study, we use multiple sources (insurance datasets, scientific articles, satellite data, and …

The problem addressed in this qualitative explanatory case study is people with intellectual
and developmental disabilities are often overlooked in the disaster planning process. If this …

On the 22nd of February 2011, most houses in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand were
damaged by an earthquake. Atypically for an earthquake, practically all were insured. We …