Publications

Promoting resilient economies by exploring insurance potential for facing coastal flooding and erosion: evidence from Italy, Spain, France and United Kingdom

Working paper by Osiel González Dávila, Mavra Stithou, Gianluca Pescaroli, Luca Pietrantoni, Pedro Díaz-Simal, Bénédicte Rulleau, Nabil Touli, François Hissel, Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Phoebe Koundouri on 1 Sep 2013

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 … read more »

Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Research article by Rachel Berman, Claire Quinn, Jouni Paavola on 1 Sep 2013

This paper investigates what drives household coping strategies in rural Uganda under different climatic hazards. Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa draw on various coping strategies to reduce the impact of climatic hazards on their livelihoods. Research to date provides only limited understanding of how the coping strategy portfolio of households’ changes depending on the climatic […]

The role of forest provisioning ecosystemservices in coping with household stresses and shocks in Miombo woodlands, Zambia

Research article by Felix Kalaba, Claire Quinn, Andy Dougill on 1 Sep 2013

Kalaba, F.K., Quinn, C.H., Dougill, A.J. (2013). Ecosystem Services 5, pp 143-148.

An experimental investigation of the impacts of persuasion and information acquisition of non-use values for climate change adaptation

Working paper by Tanya O’Garra, Susanna Mourato on 1 Aug 2013

Focusing on the estimation of WTP for climate change adaptation projects in vulnerable areas around the world, this study explores the divergence between economic non-use values … read more »

Response to public consultation on ‘Securing the future availability and affordability of home insurance in areas of flood risk’

Policy publication by Swenja Surminski, Florence Crick, Bob Ward on 1 Aug 2013

Flooding is the biggest natural disaster risk in England. Flood risk is expected to increase due to climate change and continued development of floodplains for residential and commercial property, which increases the exposure of homes and businesses. Addressing the causes and consequences of flooding is very important and we welcome the recent efforts by the Government and the insurance industry to reform the approach to flood insurance in England. read more »

Response to European Commission’s green paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters

Policy publication by Swenja Surminski, Florence Crick on 1 Jul 2013

of key points Insurance is one tool amongst others in a holistic natural disaster risk management strategy. Risk transfer alone, without consideration of risk reduction efforts, is not a … read more »

Do flood insurance schemes in developing countries provide incentives to reduce physical risks?

Working paper by Swenja Surminski, Delioma Oramas-Dorta on 1 Jul 2013

Risk transfer, including insurance, is widely recognised as a tool for increasing financial resilience to severe weather events, such as floods. The application of this mechanism … read more »

Cities, Human Security and Global Environmental Change

Research article by Hayley Leck on 13 Jun 2013

Simon, D., and Leck, H. 2013. In O’Brien, K., Wolf, J., and Sygna, L. (eds.) A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative approaches Research, Policy and Action, Earthscan.

Vulnerability of fishery-based livelihoods to the impacts of climate variability and change: insights from coastal Bangladesh.

Research article by Monirul Islam, Susannah Mary Sallu, Klaus Hubacek, Jouni Paavola on 6 Jun 2013

Md. Monirul Islam, Susannah Sallu, Klaus Hubacek, Jouni Paavola. (2014). Regional Environmental Change. 14(1), 281-294.

Social capital, climate change and soil conservation investment: panel data evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia

Working paper by Abe Damte Beyene, Zenebe Gebreegziabher on 1 Jun 2013

The paper analyses the impact of climate change and local social networks on farmers’ soil conservation behaviour in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Farm household level … read more »