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Review article: Insuring the green economy against natural hazards – charting research frontiers in vulnerability assessment
Harikesan Baskaran
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EPICentre, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Ioanna Ioannou
EPICentre, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Tiziana Rossetto
EPICentre, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Jonas Cels
EPICentre, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Mathis Joffrain
AXA Group, 75008 Paris, France
Nicolas Mortegoutte
AXA Group, 75008 Paris, France
Aurelie Fallon Saint-Lo
AXA Group, 75008 Paris, France
Catalina Spataru
Energy Institute, University College London, London, WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom
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This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS).
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Natural hazards can damage critical infrastructure and disrupt provision of essential services. We developed a framework to quantify the disruption potential of various hazard sources and locations, applying it to Japan to assess electricity disruption from tephra fall. We identify Fujisan and Asamayama as having the highest disruption potential, with tephra fall over Tokyo likely to cause the greatest disruption. These findings can guide resource prioritisation to minimise future disruptions.
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There is a global need for insuring green economy assets against natural hazard events. But their complexity and low exposure history mean the data required for vulnerability evaluation by the insurance industry are scarce. A systematic literature review is conducted in this study to determine the suitability of current published literature for this purpose. Knowledge gaps are charted, and a representative asset–hazard taxonomy is proposed to guide future quantitative research.
There is a global need for insuring green economy assets against natural hazard events. But...
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