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Achour, N, Pantzartzis, E, Pascale, F and Price, A D F (2015) Integration of resilience and sustainability: from theory to application. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 347-62.
Ahmed, I and Charlesworth, E R (2015) An evaluation framework for assessing resilience of post-disaster housing. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 300-12.
Akujuru, V A and Ruddock, L (2015) Dichotomising compulsory land acquisition and land contamination valuations. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 268-88.
Bond, S (2015) Residents’ perceptions of risk towards residential property in Canterbury NZ subsequent to the earthquakes. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 234-67.
Espada, R J, Apan, A and McDougall, K (2015) Vulnerability assessment and interdependency analysis of critical infrastructures for climate adaptation and flood mitigation. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 313-46.
Korstanje, M E and George, B P (2015) What does insurance purchase behaviour say about risks? A study in the Argentine context with special focus on travel insurance. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 289-99.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: resilience; risk analysis
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- URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-09-2012-0030
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Purpose – This paper aims to explore the world of insurances as rites of adaptancy and resiliency before risk and disasters. The research on risks, both perceived and real, has become a frequent theme of academic research in the recent past. Design/methodology/approach – The information given by the superintendencia de Seguros de Buenos Aires involves 100 per cent of the insurances companies of Argentina. The reading of insurance demands corresponds with a new method in the studies of risks. Findings – Using advanced probability theory and quantitative techniques, risk management researchers have been able to construct sophisticated mathematical-statistical models of risk. Research limitations/implications – However, the relation between anticipated risks and insurance purchase behaviour has not received sufficient attention. In the present study, starting from the premise that societies may be studied by examining their fears, the authors posit that these fears are represented in the insurance premiums people buy for being protected. Originality/value – Insurance purchase behaviour at any particular point in time is a measure of what a society considers to be risky at that time and is a key source of information for tourism managers.
Nirupama, N, Popper, T and Quirke, A (2015) Role of social resilience in mitigating disasters. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(03), 363-77.