Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-417-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-417-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
Research article
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10 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 10 Feb 2016

Using open building data in the development of exposure data sets for catastrophe risk modelling

R. Figueiredo and M. Martina

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The building exposure component of risk models is frequently based on census data at coarse resolutions. Spatial disaggregation into finer resolutions is usually performed based on proxy variables, which is a reasonable but not ideal procedure. The availability of open data is increasing and these data can be taken into account in order to generate more accurate exposure models, which in turn can improve the results of risk models. A method to do so is proposed and its limitations are analysed.
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