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National disaster risk assessments in Europe. How comparable are they and why?
Author(s) -
Pursiainen Christer,
Rød Bjarte
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk, hazards and crisis in public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1944-4079
DOI - 10.1002/rhc3.12215
Subject(s) - comparability , european commission , european union , member states , risk assessment , political science , process (computing) , business , commission , risk analysis (engineering) , actuarial science , environmental planning , geography , international trade , computer science , computer security , finance , mathematics , combinatorics , operating system
Abstract In the late 2000s, a process started that was designed to approximate the national disaster risk assessments in the European Union. Member states are currently obliged to prepare their assessments every three years. The European Commission will summarize the results, which should not only lead to a better overview of common risks but also direct future joint activities and investments. To date, two rounds of this new practice have been implemented and summarised. The present study investigates how and why this largely informal integrative practice was born, how it is facilitated, and how successful it has been vis‐à‐vis the expectations, especially achieving a relative comparability of the national risk assessments.