The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)

Floods in the Mediterranean region are often surface water floods, in which intense precipitation is usually the main driver. Determining the link between the causes and impacts of floods can make it easier to calculate the level of flood risk. However, up until now, the limitations in quantitative...

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Autores: Cortés Simó, Maria, Turco, Marco, Llasat-Botija, Montserrat, Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/121842
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Precipitacions (Meteorologia)
Inundacions
Assegurances
Mediterrània (Regió)
Precipitations (Meteorology)
Floods
Insurance
Mediterranean Region
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spelling The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)Cortés Simó, MariaTurco, MarcoLlasat-Botija, MontserratLlasat Botija, María del CarmenPrecipitacions (Meteorologia)InundacionsAssegurancesMediterrània (Regió)Precipitations (Meteorology)FloodsInsuranceMediterranean RegionFloods in the Mediterranean region are often surface water floods, in which intense precipitation is usually the main driver. Determining the link between the causes and impacts of floods can make it easier to calculate the level of flood risk. However, up until now, the limitations in quantitative observations for flood-related damages have been a major obstacle when attempting to analyse flood risk in the Mediterranean. Flood-related insurance damage claims for the last 20 years could provide a proxy for flood impact, and this information is now available in the Mediterranean region of Catalonia, in northeast Spain. This means a comprehensive analysis of the links between flood drivers and impacts is now possible. The objective of this paper is to develop and evaluate a methodology to estimate flood damages from heavy precipitation in a Mediterranean region. Results show that our model is able to simulate the probability of a damaging event as a function of precipitation. The relationship between precipitation and damage provides insights into flood risk in the Mediterranean and is also promising for supporting flood management strategies.European Geosciences Union (EGU)2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/121842Articles publicats en revistes (Física Aplicada)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-857-2018Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences, 2018, vol. 18, p. 857-868https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-857-2018cc-by (c) Cortés Simó, Maria et al., 2018http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1218422026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
title The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
spellingShingle The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
Cortés Simó, Maria
Precipitacions (Meteorologia)
Inundacions
Assegurances
Mediterrània (Regió)
Precipitations (Meteorology)
Floods
Insurance
Mediterranean Region
title_short The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
title_full The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
title_fullStr The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
title_sort The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cortés Simó, Maria
Turco, Marco
Llasat-Botija, Montserrat
Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
author Cortés Simó, Maria
author_facet Cortés Simó, Maria
Turco, Marco
Llasat-Botija, Montserrat
Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
author_role author
author2 Turco, Marco
Llasat-Botija, Montserrat
Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Precipitacions (Meteorologia)
Inundacions
Assegurances
Mediterrània (Regió)
Precipitations (Meteorology)
Floods
Insurance
Mediterranean Region
topic Precipitacions (Meteorologia)
Inundacions
Assegurances
Mediterrània (Regió)
Precipitations (Meteorology)
Floods
Insurance
Mediterranean Region
description Floods in the Mediterranean region are often surface water floods, in which intense precipitation is usually the main driver. Determining the link between the causes and impacts of floods can make it easier to calculate the level of flood risk. However, up until now, the limitations in quantitative observations for flood-related damages have been a major obstacle when attempting to analyse flood risk in the Mediterranean. Flood-related insurance damage claims for the last 20 years could provide a proxy for flood impact, and this information is now available in the Mediterranean region of Catalonia, in northeast Spain. This means a comprehensive analysis of the links between flood drivers and impacts is now possible. The objective of this paper is to develop and evaluate a methodology to estimate flood damages from heavy precipitation in a Mediterranean region. Results show that our model is able to simulate the probability of a damaging event as a function of precipitation. The relationship between precipitation and damage provides insights into flood risk in the Mediterranean and is also promising for supporting flood management strategies.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-857-2018
Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences, 2018, vol. 18, p. 857-868
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-857-2018
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