Flood insurance schemes and climate adaptation in developing countries

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-164

  Surminski, Swenja ^a   Oramas Dorta, Delioma ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Flood risk; Insurance; Risk reduction; Risk transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910083774     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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