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Integrated Catastrophe Risk Modeling

Supporting Policy Processes

  • Wide spectrum of integrated modelling for policy relevant case studies
  • In depth discussion of model complexity and institutional framework
  • Linking disaster modelling with stake holders participation process
  • Synergies of disaster risk management with adaptation to climate change
  • Discussion of efficiency and equity aspects of disaster risk management

Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 32)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Integrated Modeling for Informing Risk Management Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Catastrophe Models for Informing Risk Management Policy: An Introduction

      • Aniello Amendola, Tatiana Ermolieva, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler
      Pages 3-12
    3. Modeling Risk and Uncertainty: Managing Flash Flood Risk in Vienna

      • Keith L. Compton, Tatiana Ermolieva, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Aniello Amendola, Rudolf Faber, Hans-Peter Nachtnebel
      Pages 13-28
    4. Modeling Catastrophe Risk for Designing Insurance Systems

      • Tatiana Ermolieva, Yuri Ermoliev
      Pages 29-52
    5. Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Flood Risk Management

      • Karin Hansson, Mats Danielson, Love Ekenberg, Joost Buurman
      Pages 53-72
    6. Dams and Catastrophe Risk: Discounting in Long Term Planning

      • Tatiana Ermolieva, Yuri Ermoliev, Michael Obersteiner, Marek Makowski, Günther Fischer
      Pages 73-92
  3. Disasters and Growth: Modeling and Managing Country-Wide Catastrophe Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Economic Growth Under Catastrophes

      • Yuri Ermoliev, Tatiana Ermolieva
      Pages 103-117
    3. Modeling Macro Scale Disaster Risk: The CATSIM Model

      • Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Reinhard Mechler, Georg Pflug
      Pages 119-143
    4. Managing Indirect Economic Consequences of Disaster Risk: The Case of Nepal

      • Reinhard Mechler, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Kazuyoshi Nakano
      Pages 145-168
  4. Tisza River Basin in Hungary:Flood Risk Management, Multi-Stakeholder Processes and Conflict Resolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Social Indicators of Vulnerability to Floods: An Empirical Case Study in Two Upper Tisza Flood Basins

      • Anna Vári, Zoltan Ferencz, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
      Pages 181-198
    3. Designing a Flood Management and Insurance System in Hungary: A Model-Based Stakeholder Approach

      • Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Anna Vári, Lisa Brouwers
      Pages 199-216
    4. Optimizing Public Private Risk Transfer Systems for Flood Risk Management in the Upper Tisza Region

      • Yuri Ermoliev, Tatiana Ermolieva, Istvan Galambos
      Pages 245-262
    5. Flood Risk in a Changing Climate: A Multilevel Approach for Risk Management

      • Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Georg Pflug, Nicola Lugeri
      Pages 263-279

About this book

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 involved with catastrophe risk management and risk mitigation policies.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This edited volume provides an introduction to the research and to several case studies that have emerged from that work. … This volume would be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the practical modeling of natural hazards and catastrophic risks.” (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, October, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Risk, Policy and Vulnerability (RPV) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

    Aniello Amendola, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler

  • Ecosystems, Services and Management (ESM) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

    Tatiana Ermolieva

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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