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Costing natural hazards

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The proposed 'cost assessment cycle' is a framework for the integrated cost assessment of natural hazards.

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The research was supported by the European Community's Seventh Framework Program through the Coordination Action Project 'Costs of Natural Hazards' (CONHAZ), Grant Agreement number 244159. This document reflects the authors' views only and not those of the European Community.

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  1. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.4 Hydrology, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, 14473, Germany

    Heidi Kreibich & Philip Bubeck

  2. Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici Cn, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain

    Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh

  3. ICREA – Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Passeig Lluís Companys, Barcelona, 23 08010, Spain

    Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh

  4. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands

    Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh

  5. Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands

    Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh & Laurens M. Bouwer

  6. Deltares, PO Box 177, Delft, 2600, MH, The Netherlands

    Laurens M. Bouwer

  7. Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, Ferrara, 44122, Italy

    Paolo Ciavola

  8. Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, NW4 4BT, UK

    Colin Green

  9. The World Bank, Sustainable Development Network, 1818 H Street NW, 20009, Washington, DC, USA

    Stephane Hallegatte

  10. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Ivana Logar

  11. Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research — UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, D-04318, Germany

    Volker Meyer & Reimund Schwarze

  12. University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, Potsdam, D-14476, Germany

    Annegret H. Thieken

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