GlobalRisks reports provide global and thematic overviews, often consider risks qualitatively rather than quantitatively, and neglect the collective impacts of personal choices such as whether to purchase insurance or relocate 7 . … By taking an integrated approach, such an assessment would go beyond previous proposals for international panels on natural hazards and disasters 8 . Disaster-risk reports should identify what is …
Public awareness, rigorous risk research and aligned targets will help policy-makers to increase resilience against natural hazards, say Susan L. Cutter and colleagues.