Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
| DOI | 10.5194/nhess-13-1351-2013 |
| Titel (primär) | Review article: Assessing the costs of natural hazards – state of the art and knowledge gaps |
| Autor | Meyer, V.; Becker, N.; Markantonis, V.; Schwarze, R.; van den Bergh, J.C.J.M.; Bouwer, L.M.; Bubeck, P.; Ciavola, P.; Genovese, E.; Green, C.; Hallegatte, S.; Kreibich, H.; Lequeux, Q.; Logar, I.; Papyrakis, E.; Pfurtscheller, C.; Poussin, J.; Przyluski, J.; Thieken, A.H.; Viavattene, C. |
| Journal / Serie | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2013 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Band/Volume | 13 |
| Seite von | 1351 |
| Seite bis | 1373 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| UFZ Querschnittsthemen | RU6 |
| Abstract | Efficiently reducing natural hazard risks requires a thorough understanding of
the costs of natural hazards. Current methods to assess these costs employ a
variety of terminologies and approaches for different types of natural hazards
and different impacted sectors. This may impede efforts to ascertain
comprehensive and comparable cost figures. In order to strengthen the role of
cost assessments in the development of integrated natural hazard management, a
review of existing cost assessment approaches was undertaken. This review
considers droughts, floods, coastal and Alpine hazards, and examines different
cost types, namely direct tangible damages, losses due to business interruption,
indirect damages, intangible effects, and the costs of risk mitigation. This
paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art cost assessment approaches
and discusses key knowledge gaps. It shows that the application of cost
assessments in practice is often incomplete and biased, as direct costs receive
a relatively large amount of attention, while intangible and indirect effects
are rarely considered. Furthermore, all parts of cost assessment entail
considerable uncertainties due to insufficient or highly aggregated data
sources, along with a lack of knowledge about the processes leading to damage
and thus the appropriate models required. Recommendations are provided on how to
reduce or handle these uncertainties by improving data sources and cost
assessment methods. Further recommendations address how risk dynamics due to
climate and socio-economic change can be better considered, how costs are
distributed and risks transferred, and in what ways cost assessment can function
as part of decision support. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=13848 |
| Meyer, V., Becker, N., Markantonis, V., Schwarze, R., van den Bergh, J.C.J.M., Bouwer, L.M., Bubeck, P., Ciavola, P., Genovese, E., Green, C., Hallegatte, S., Kreibich, H., Lequeux, Q., Logar, I., Papyrakis, E., Pfurtscheller, C., Poussin, J., Przyluski, J., Thieken, A.H., Viavattene, C. (2013): Review article: Assessing the costs of natural hazards – state of the art and knowledge gaps Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 13 , 1351 - 1373 |
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