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28. At War With the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes

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Botzen, W.J. Wouter

Subjects
Florida -- Influence -- Environmental aspects, Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects -- United States, Business, Insurance
Abstract

At War With the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes, by Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, with Neil A. Doherty, Martin F. Grace, Robert [...]

Published
2012
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30. Contributors

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Atoba, Kayode O., Bedient, Philip B., Berke, Philip, Blessing, Russell, Bortolotti, Andrea, Botzen, W.J. Wouter, Brand, Nikki, Brody, Samuel, Davlasheridze, Meri, Ebersole, Bruce A., Figlus, Jens, González-Dueñas, Catalina, Highfield, Wesley E., Hooimeijer, Fransje, Iuorio, Luca, Jonkman, Sebastiaan N., Juan, Andrew, Kameshwar, Sabarethinam, Kok, Matthijs, Kothuis, Baukje Bee, Lee, Yoonjeong, Li, Dongying, Malecha, Matthew, Merrell, William, Meyer, Han, Mobley, William, Newman, Galen, Nillesen, Anne Loes, Padgett, Jamie E., Panakkal, Pranavesh, Parker-Belmonte, Alaina, Richardson, Thomas W., Robinson, Peter J., Roy, Malini, Sebastian, Antonia, Slinger, Jill H., van Berchum, Erik. C., Vrolijk, Koos, Walraven, Marc, Whalin, Robert W., Yoshida, Yuka, and Yu, Siyu

Published
2022
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31. Insights into Flood-Coping Appraisals of Protection Motivation Theory:Empirical Evidence from Germany and France

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Bubeck, Philip, Botzen, W.J. Wouter, Laudan, Jonas, Aerts, Jeroen C.J.H., Thieken, Annegret H., Overig wetenschappelijk personeel, UU LEG Research UUSE Multidisciplinary Economics, Environmental Economics, and Water and Climate Risk

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Coping appraisal, risk communication, floods, Taverne, protection motivation theory (PMT), B Journal, social vulnerability
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Protection motivation theory (PMT) has become a popular theory to explain the risk-reducing behavior of residents against natural hazards. PMT captures the two main cognitive processes that individuals undergo when faced with a threat, namely, threat appraisal and coping appraisal. The latter describes the evaluation of possible response measures that may reduce or avert the perceived threat. Although the coping appraisal component of PMT was found to be a better predictor of protective intentions and behavior, little is known about the factors that influence individuals’ coping appraisals of natural hazards. More insight into flood-coping appraisals of PMT, therefore, are needed to better understand the decision-making process of individuals and to develop effective risk communication strategies. This study presents the results of two surveys among more than 1,600 flood-prone households in Germany and France. Five hypotheses were tested using multivariate statistics regarding factors related to flood-coping appraisals, which were derived from the PMT framework, related literature, and the literature on social vulnerability. We found that socioeconomic characteristics alone are not sufficient to explain flood-coping appraisals. Particularly, observational learning from the social environment, such as friends and neighbors, is positively related to flood-coping appraisals. This suggests that social norms and networks play an important role in flood-preparedness decisions. Providing risk and coping information can also have a positive effect. Given the strong positive influence of the social environment on flood-coping appraisals, future research should investigate how risk communication can be enhanced by making use of the observed social norms and network effects.

Published
2018

35. Temperature Effects on Electricity and Gas Consumption: Empirical Evidence from Mexico and Projections under Future Climate Conditions.

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Botzen, W.J. Wouter, Nees, Tim, and Estrada, Francisco

Abstract

Fixed effects panel models are used to estimate how the electricity and gas consumption of various sectors and residents relate to temperature in Mexico, while controlling for the effects of income, manufacturing output per capita, electricity and gas prices and household size. We find non-linear relationships between energy consumption and temperature, which are heterogeneous per state. Electricity consumption increases with temperature, and this effect is stronger in warm states. Liquified petroleum gas consumption declines with temperature, and this effect is slightly stronger in cold states. Extrapolations of electricity and gas consumption under a high warming scenario reveal that electricity consumption by the end of the century for Mexico increases by 12%, while gas consumption declines with 10%, resulting in substantial net economic costs of 43 billion pesos per year. The increase in net energy consumption implies greater efforts to comply with the mitigation commitments of Mexico and requires a much faster energy transition and substantial improvements in energy efficiency. The results suggest that challenges posed by climate change also provide important opportunities for advancing social sustainability goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This study is part of Mexico's Sixth National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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