Profiler for Insurance Exposure & Risk (PIER)
PIER is an exposure and risk tracking solution that utilizes geospatial technologies to improve identification, assessment, pricing and monitoring of risk across various lines of business.
Counting the costs of floods in China
With China in the midst of one of its worst flood episodes in history Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada look at the significant social and economic costs of floods, and what can be done about them.
3rd International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation
The objective is to provide a scientific and practical guide on earth observation related to disaster risk management to participants from developing countries.
Earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis: the world’s 10 riskiest cities
What are the world’s riskiest cities when it comes to natural disasters? A reinsurance company set out to assess 616 cities around the world for their risk of earthquake, hurricanes and cyclones, storm surge, river flooding and tsunami.