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Download issue (989KB PDF) Cover Page Executive Summary Introduction Data Sources Deaths Due to Natural Hazards A Building Damage Index 20th Century Building Damage Alternative Perspectives on Damage Spatial Variation in Damage A More Refined View Discussion Conclusion Further Reading Acknowledgements

Issues in Risk Science Natural Hazards Risk Assessment: An Australian Perspective - Russell Blong Acknowledgements This entire paper is based on work undertaken at Risk Frontiers during the last decade. All of the staff, past and present, have contributed in numerous ways. For the last several years Risk Frontiers has been sponsored by Benfield, Aon, Guy Carpenter, QBE Insurance, IAG, Promina, RACQ Insurance, Suncorp, Swiss Re, and Employers Re. I would like to acknowledge the support of numerous executives and staff at these companies. In July 2003 Emeritus Professor Russell Blong retired after nine years as founding Director of Risk Frontiers at Macquarie University, Australia. After a few months of beach-combing and (rarely successful) fishing he joined the staff of Benfield in Sydney where he enjoys a range of new natural hazard risk assessment challenges. «back to top«