In the context of climate change adaptation, there has been a recent research focus on the impact of flood insurance... Read more
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This submission was made to the Environment Agency's consultation on its draft strategy for flood and coastal risk management in England, and draws on the Grantham Research Institute's work and expertise over many years in this area. Read more
The rapid increase in losses from flooding underlines the importance of risk reduction efforts to prevent or at least mitigate... Read more
This paper investigates how partnerships can incentivise flood risk reduction by focusing on the UK public-private partnership on flood insurance. Read more
Flood Re is widely hailed as an innovative approach to disaster risk insurance. This article offers a mixed‐methods evaluation of... Read more
Abstract Improving society’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from flooding requires integrated, anticipatory flood risk management (FRM).... Read more
In light of increasing losses from floods many researchers and policy makers are looking for ways to encourage flood risk reduction among communities, business, and households. In this study the authors investigate risk reduction behavior at the household level in three European Union (EU) Member States with fundamentally different insurance and compensation schemes. Read more
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The key to sustainable flood insurance is improved data sharing between Government, insurers and other sectors that hold data about flood risks, suggests a new report produced in collaboration with the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork. Read more
Jenkins, K., Surminski, S., Hall, J. and Crick, F. (2017) Assessing surface water flood risk and management strategies under future... Read more