Flood Damage Survey After A Major Flood In Norway 2013: Cooperation Between The Insurance Business And A Government Agency
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
184
Pages
9
Page Range
227 - 235
Published
2014
Size
749 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/FRIAR140191
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
H. Berg, M. Ebeltoft & J. Nielsen
Abstract
Results from cooperation between the insurance business and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate on a flood damage survey after a major flood in Norway 2013 is presented, as well as results from similar cooperation after a flood in 1995. Benefits for flood risk management of including flood parameters in future damage surveys are presented.
Keywords
damage survey, flood, natural hazard, insurance, risk management.