In flood risk management, a shift can be observed toward more integrated approaches that
increasingly address the role of private households in implementing flood damage mitigation …

Economic losses from natural disasters have been increasing in recent decades. This has
been attributed mainly to population and economic growth in disaster-prone areas. Future …

This article reviews the literature on the financial sector impacts of natural disasters and
physical climate change risks, covering banking, insurance, stock markets, bond markets, and …

Climate change is projected to increase flood risks in certain regions due to an increase in
both precipitation and sea level rise. In addition, socio-economic scenarios project an …

Recent major flood disasters have shown that single extreme events can affect multiple
countries simultaneously 1 , 2 , 3 , which puts high pressure on trans-national risk reduction and …

This study examines flood risk perceptions of individuals in the Netherlands using a survey
of approximately 1000 homeowners. Perceptions of a range of aspects of flood risk are …

Recent flood disasters in the United States (2005, 2008, 2012); the Philippines (2012, 2013);
and Britain (2014) illustrate how vulnerable coastal cities are to storm surge flooding ( 1 ). …

Flood risk assessments provide inputs for the evaluation of flood risk management (FRM)
strategies. Traditionally, such risk assessments provide estimates of loss of life and economic …

Heat stress at the workplace is an occupational health hazard that reduces labour productivity
1 . Assessment of productivity loss resulting from climate change has so far been based …

Based on a literature review, this paper proposes and empirically tests an extended version
of the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) of individual disaster preparedness. A survey was …