Vulnerability and disaster risks mapping workshop EEA, Copenhagen, 2 July 2009 NatCatSERVICE and the Globe of Natural Hazards Munich Re NatCatSERVICE Petra

Vulnerability and disaster risks mapping workshop EEA, Copenhagen, 2 July 2009

NatCatSERVICE and the Globe of Natural Hazards

Munich ReNatCatSERVICEPetra Löw

The database contains:- Loss events from 1980- Great natural catastrophes from 1950- Historical catastrophes from 0079Reports:- Loss events- Costliest or deadliest events- Annual statistics

MR NatCatSERVICEThe most comprehensive loss database on natural catastrophes

Vulnerability and disaster risks mapping

NatCatSERVICE and the Globe of Natural Hazards

The database contains:- Loss events from 1980- Great natural catastrophes from 1950- Historical catastrophes from 0079Reports:- Loss events- Costliest or deadliest events- Annual statistics

© 2009 Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Geo Risks Research, NatCatSERVICE As at July 2009

Year Development

1974 Systematic buildup of a global natural hazard archive

1990 D-Base application

1995 Fox-Pro application, with Oracle database

2008C# application based on Microsoft .NET 2.0 Frameworkswith Oracle database and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

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History


Each year round about 800 events are documented.


Number and distribution of data sets

Year Number of data sets

0079 - 999 30

1000 - 1499 200

1500 - 1899 1 000

1900 - 1949 1 000

1950 - 1979 2 120

1980 - 2008 19 500



More than data

Access & User

Service

Methodology

& Definitions

Data

Expert Consultation

Harmonizing terminology of disaster perils in 2007

CRED


Methodology – The global data bases

Members

Regina Below CRED EM-Dat

Susanna Schwarz

Swiss Re sigma

Hajime Nakano ADRC GLIDE

Julio Serge UNDP DesInventar

Angelika WirtzPetra Löw




Structure – peril families

Geophysical

Meteorological

Hydrological

Climatological

Earthquake

Volcanic eruption

Mass movement dry

Family Main event Sub Peril

Earthquake (Ground shaking)

Fire following

Tsunami

Volcanic eruption

Subsidence

Rockfall

Landslide


Flood

Mass movement wet

General flood

Flash flood

Storm surge

Glacial lake outburst flood

Subsidence

Avalanche

Landslide

Geophysical

Meteorological

Hydrological

Climatological

Family Main event Sub Peril


Structure – peril families


Catastrophe class Overall losses and/or fatalities

Loss profile 1980s* 1990s* 2000 – 2008*

0 Natural event No property damage - - - none

1 Small-scale loss event Small-scale property damage

- - - 1-9

2 Moderate loss event Moderate property and structural damage

- - - > 10

3 Severe catastrophe Severe property, infrastructure and structural damage

US$ >25m US$ > 40m US$ > 50m > 20

4 Major catastrophe Major property, infrastructure and structural damage

US$ > 85m US$ > 160m US$ > 200m > 100

5 Devastating catastrophe

Devastating losses within the affected region

US$ > 275m US$ > 400m US$ > 500m > 500

6 Great natural catastrophe „GREAT disaster“

Region’s ability to help itself clearly overtaxed, interregional/international assistance necessary, thousands of fatalities and/or hundreds of thousands homeless, substantial economic losses (UN definition). Insured losses reach exceptional orders of magnitude.

* Losses adjusted to the decade average.


Structure – breakdown into catastrophe categories



Structure – geographical breakdown


Region

Details

Damages

Hurrikane Ike

Region

Details

Damages

Region

Details

Damages

Region

Details

Damages

Region

Details

Damages

Region

Details

Damages


Structure – geographical breakdown by multi region events

USA CubaTurks&Caicos Dominican RepublicHaitiBahamas

Overall losses/insured losses: US$ 38bn/15bn



Data set – entry information

Separate entries for the affected countries


Number of deaths

Event description

Affected lines

of business

Affected

people

Affected

infrastructure

Affected

buildings




30/o09/2008

Insured losses

Munich Re share

Additional loss information

Overall losses




Hurrikan

Degree of damage:

Red High

Yellow Medium

Green Little


Disaster risks mapping - Hurrikan Ike Windfield and damage information


ScienceGeneral public

Political committees

Analysts, investors

Clients

Staff

NatCatSERVICE


Access&User



Downloadcenter for statistics




Downloadcenter for statistics

The Globe of Natural Hazards

MR has shared its knowledge for 30 years

1978 / 1988 / 1998 (seven languages) 2000 / 2004

1989 / 1999

NATHAN

2001 / 2005



Wall map/Folding map – World Map of Natural Hazards (G/E)



DVD – Globe of Natural Hazards


Knowledge in astate of flux All global hazard maps have been updated

The Globe of Natural Hazards 2009

What is new?


Hazard pointerPower function supplies quick information on situation regarding natural hazards and climate change for any location on earth


What is new?


View from spaceOur knowledge can be displayed with a satellite image in the background


What is new?


Networked knowledge

Complex topics like risk management of natural hazards and climate change are linked in a sophisticated manner


What is new?


Intuitive user interface

More interactive images illustrate the connections in complex risk management


What is new?


Insurance relevance

Accentuation of insurance-related content considering asmany lines of business as possible


What is new?


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