Risk Management Solutions for Climate Change-Induced Disasters

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In honor of the 40th anniversary of Risk Analysis, this article suggests ways of linking risk assessment and risk perception in developing risk management strategies that have a good chance of being implemented, focusing on the problem of reducing losses from natural hazards in the face of climate change. Following a checklist for developing an implementable risk management strategy, Section 2 highlights the impact that exponential growth of CO2 emissions is likely to have on future disaster losses as assessed by climate and social scientists. Section 3 then discusses how people perceive the risks of low-probability adverse events and the cognitive biases that lead them to underprepare for future losses. Based on this empirical evidence, Section 4 proposes a risk management strategy for reducing future losses using the principles of choice architecture to communicate the likelihood and consequences of disasters, coupled with economic incentives and well-enforced regulations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis - 40(2020), S1 vom: 19. Nov., Seite 2263-2271

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kunreuther, Howard [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

Climate change
Cognitive biases
Journal Article
Natural disasters
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk management

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.10.2021

Date Revised 13.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/risa.13616

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317036432