Promoting resilient economies by exploring insurance potential for facing coastal flooding and erosion: Evidence from Italy,Spain, France and United Kingdom |
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| Institution: | 1. Athens University of Economics and Business-Research Centre, 76, Patission Str., 10434 Athens, Greece;2. Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, via Filippo Re 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy;3. Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental “IH Cantabria”, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. de los Castros s/n, Santander 39005, Spain;4. Cultures, Environments, Arctic, Representations, Climate (CEARC) , University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines ,11 boulevard d''Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt Cedex, France;5. Centre for Expertise and Engineering on Risks, Urban and Country Planning, Environment and Mobility (CEREMA) - 134 Rue de Beauvais CS 60039, 60280 Margny-les-Compiègne, France;6. Middlesex University, School of Health and Social Sciences, Flood Hazard Research Centre, Queensway, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 4SA, UK;7. London School of Economics and Political Science, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, United Kingdom;1. University of Monterrey, Mexico;2. SOAS, University of London, UK;3. ICRE8: International Center for Research on the Environment and the Economy, Greece;4. Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece;5. London School of Economics, UK;6. University of Macedonia, Greece;7. University of Athens, Greece;1. University of Bologna, Italy;2. GeoGraphics S.r.l., Ferrara, Italy;3. University of Plymouth, United Kingdom;4. University of Southampton, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Insurance against natural perils such as flooding can be considered a significant element in coastal management. It can offer not only much-needed support to accelerate economic and social recovery following a disaster (coastal resilience) but also contribute to impact limitation by using pricing or restrictions on availability of coverage to discourage new development in hazard-prone areas. Insurance can affect the redistribution of damage costs across the population and through time, both in the short and long term. Policies of damage reduction are linked to mitigation measures for the properties (old or new buildings) by changing the depth–damage relationship while the long-run risk impacts could affect the overall damage function by discouraging new buildings in high risk areas. This paper will provide an overview of the main theoretical perspectives on insurance in flood risk management. Four different European contexts will be analysed. Data are derived from surveys and interviews conducted in France, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. |
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