Chapter 16. Improving Individual Flood Preparedness Through Insurance Incentives

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I. BEHAVIORAL FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISION-MAKING UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
5. Chapter 1. The Arithmetic of Compassion and the Future of Risk Management 13
6. Chapter 2. “Risk as Feelings” and “Perception Matters”: Psychological Contributions on Risk, Risk-Taking, and Risk Management 30
7. Chapter 3. Risk-Based Thinking 48
8. Chapter 4. Structured Empirical Analysis of Decisions Under Natural Hazard Risk 66
9. Chapter 5. Mixing Rationality and Irrationality in Insurance Demand and Supply 78
10. Chapter 6. The Disaster Cycle: What We Do Not Learn from Experience 93
11. PART II. IMPROVING RISK ASSESSMENT
12. Chapter 7. Using Models to Set a Baseline and Measure Progress in Reducing Disaster Casualties 111
13. Chapter 8. Learning from All Types of Near-Misses 132
14. Chapter 9. Managing Systemic Industry Risk: The Need for Collective Leadership 149
15. Chapter 10. Measuring Economic Resilience: Recent Advances and Future Priorities 171
16. PART III. DEVELOPING BETTER RISK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
17. Chapter 11. Improving Stakeholder Engagement for Upstream Risks 193
18. Chapter 12. Improving the Accuracy of Geopolitical Risk Assessments 209
19. Chapter 13. Efficient Warnings, Not “Wolf or Puppy” Warnings 227
20. PART IV. ROLE OF RISK MITIGATION, RISK-SHARING, AND INSURANCE
21. Chapter 14. Threats to Insurability 251
22. Chapter 15. The Role of Insurance in Risk Management for Natural Disasters: Back to the Future 267
23. Chapter 16. Improving Individual Flood Preparedness Through Insurance Incentives 286
24. Chapter 17. Strong and Well-Enforced Building Codes as an Effective Disaster Risk Reduction Tool: An Evaluation 303
25. PART V. GOVERNMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
26. Chapter 18. Getting the Blend Right: Public-Private Partnerships in Risk Management 325
27. Chapter 19. The Regulation of Insurance Markets Subject to Catastrophic Risks 344
28. Chapter 20. Rethinking Government Disaster Relief in the United States: Evidence and a Way Forward 364
29. List of Contributors 381
30. Name Index 393
31. Subject Index 397