Financial and Fiscal Instruments for Catastrophe Risk Management

Addressing the Losses from Flood Hazards in Central Europe

von John Pollner

218 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Addresses the large flood exposures of Central Europe and proposes efficient financial and risk transfer mechanisms to mitigate fiscal losses from such natural catastrophes. In 2010 the V-4 Visegrad countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) demonstrated their historical vulnerability to floods - Poland suffered $3.2 billion in flood related losses, comparable to it $3.5 billion of losses in 1997.

• Reihe: World Bank Publications
• ISBN: 9780821395790
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2012
• Größe: 254 x 178 mm
• Verlag: World Bank Publications