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Robert Muir-Wood
Publications - 3
Citations - 1092
Robert Muir-Wood is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Global warming & Flash flood. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 826 citations.
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Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz,Shinjiro Kanae,Sonia I. Seneviratne,John Handmer,Neville Nicholls,Pascal Peduzzi,Reinhard Mechler,Laurens M. Bouwer,Nigel W. Arnell,Katherine J Mach,Robert Muir-Wood,R. Brakenridge,Wolfgang Kron,Gerardo Benito,Yasushi Honda,Kiyoshi Takahashi,Boris Sherstyukov +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, a holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries, which includes an assessment of changes in flood risk in seven of the regions considered in the recent IPCC SREX report.
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Catastrophe risk models for evaluating disaster risk reduction investments in developing countries.
Erwann Michel-Kerjan,Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler,Howard Kunreuther,Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer,Reinhard Mechler,Robert Muir-Wood,Nicola Ranger,Pantea Vaziri,Michael Young +8 more
TL;DR: A methodology that makes use of advanced probabilistic catastrophe models to estimate benefits of DRR measures in developing countries is discussed, emphasizing the advantages and challenges of catastrophe model-based cost-benefit analyses for DRR in developing nations.
The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Risk from Natural Hazards to Residential Structures in Developing Countries
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler,Howard Kunreuther,Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer,Reinhard Mechler,Erwann Michel-Kerjan,Robert Muir-Wood,Nicola Ranger,Pantea Vaziri,Michael Young +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the benefits and costs of improving or retrofitting residential structures in highly exposed low and middle-income developing countries such that they are less vulnerable to hazards during their lifetime are examined.