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Protection for Those Who Need It Most: Sustainable Property Insurance in High-risk Areas
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Thistlethwaite, Jason Henstra, Daniel |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Disaster risk tends to be concentrated in areas where geography makes exposure to damage more likely. Many cities, for example, have been built along rivers that regularly flood. This concentrated exposure is a significant challenge for disaster risk governance, in particular the cost of post-disaster recovery, which governments have historically been responsible for financing. These recovery costs are increasing to unsustainable levels, however, due to factors such as population growth in hazardous areas and climate change, which is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. In Canada, disaster assistance costs over the last six years exceeded the previous 39 years combined (Office of the Auditor General of Canada [OAG] 2016). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.cigionline.org/sites/default/files/documents/PB%20no.134.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
