Natural Catastrophe Risk
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Earthquake Hazard: What Has New Zealand’s Kaikou...
The northeastern end of the South Island is a tectonically complex region with the plate motion primarily accommodated through a series of…
New Zealand’s Kaikoura Earthquake: What Have We ...
The Kaikoura Earthquake of November 14 occurred in a relatively low population region of New Zealand, situated between Christchurch and…
Shrugging Off a Hurricane: A Three Hundred Year ...
If a global prize was to be awarded to the city or country that achieves the peak of disaster resilience, Bermuda might be a fitting first…
New Zealand Earthquake – Early Perspectives
On Monday 14 November 2016 Dr Robert Muir-Wood, RMS chief research officer who is an earthquake expert and specialist in catastrophe risk…
India’s Need for Disaster Risk Reduction: Can it...
This was the first time I’d ever heard a Prime Minister praising the benefits of “risk mapping.” Mid-morning on Thursday November 3 in a vast…
Hurricane Drought Over? Not So Fast
After a relatively quiet start, the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season grabbed the attention of the insurance industry during September and…
