Publications
2022
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. (2022). Perceptions of Catastrophic Climate Risks. In A. Siegmann (Ed.), Climate of the Middle (pp. 11-22). (Springer Briefs in Climate Studies). Springer.
de Ruig, L. T., Haer, T., de Moel, H., Brody, S. M., Botzen, W., Czajkowski, J., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Accepted/In press). How the U.S. can benefit from risk-based premiums combined with flood protection. Nature Climate Change.
de Ruig, L. T., Haer, T., de Moel, H., Brody, S. M., Botzen, W., Czajkowski, J., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Accepted/In press). Climate proofing the National Flood Insurance Program. Nature Climate Change.
Estrada, F., Mendoza, A., Calderon-Bustamante, O., & Botzen, W. (Accepted/In press). Impacts and economic costs of climate change on the Mexican agriculture. Regional Environmental Change.
Rufat, S.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2022).
Drivers and dimensions of flood risk perceptions: Revealing an implicit selection bias and lessons for communication policies.
Global Environmental Change,
73, [102465].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102465Botzen, W. J. W., Duijndam, S. J., Robinson, P. J., & van Beukering, P. (Accepted/In press).
Behavioral biases and heuristics in perceptions of COVID-19 risks and prevention decisions.
Risk Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13882 de Ruig, L. T., Haer, T., de Moel, H., Orton, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Accepted/In press).
An agent-based model for evaluating reforms of the National Flood Insurance Program: A benchmarked model applied to Jamaica Bay, NYC.
Risk Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13905Botzen, W., & Kunreuther, H. (2022).
Role of insurance in reducing losses from disasters. In
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society (pp. 521-533). Taylor and Francis/Balkema.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367854584-38 van Ginkel, K. C. H.
, Haasnoot, M., & Wouter Botzen, W. J. (2022).
A stepwise approach for identifying climate change induced socio-economic tipping points.
Climate Risk Management,
37, [100445].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100445Rufat, S., de Brito, M. M., Fekete, A., Comby, E., Robinson, P. J., Armaş, I.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Kuhlicke, C. (2022).
Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences,
22(8), 2655-2672.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2655-2022Robinson, P. J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2022).
Behavioral insights into the causes of underinsurance against flood risks: Experimental evidence from the Netherlands. In
Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: The Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast (pp. 119-136). Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85251-7.00010-XEstrada, F., Calderón-Bustamante, O.
, Botzen, W., Velasco, J. A., & Tol, R. S. J. (2022).
AIRCC-Clim: A user-friendly tool for generating regional probabilistic climate change scenarios and risk measures.
Environmental Modelling and Software,
157, [105528].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105528Zhang, J., Czajkowski, J., Botzen, W., Robinson, P., & Tesselaar, M. (2022). Assessing the drivers of intrinsically complex hurricane insurance purchases: Lessons learned from survey data in Florida . In J. M. Collins, & J. Done (Eds.), Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate (Vol. 2, pp. 283-321). Springer.
Duijndam, S. J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Hagedoorn, L. C., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2022).
Anticipating sea-level rise and human migration: A review of empirical evidence and avenues for future research.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,
13(1), [e747].
https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.747Tesselaar, M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Robinson, P. J., Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, & Zhou, F. (2022).
Charity hazard and the flood insurance protection gap: An EU scale assessment under climate change.
Ecological Economics,
193, 1-23. [107289].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107289Botzen, W. J. W., Mol, J. M., Robinson, P. J., Zhang, J., & Czajkowski, J. (2022).
Individual hurricane evacuation intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights for risk communication and emergency management policies.
Natural Hazards,
111(1), 507-522.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05064-2 Robinson, P. J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2022).
Setting descriptive norm nudges to promote demand for insurance against increasing climate change risk.
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice,
47(1), 27-49.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-021-00248-0Folkerts, M. A., Bröde, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Martinius, M. L., Gerrett, N., Harmsen, C. N., & Daanen, H. A. M. (2022).
Sex differences in temperature-related all-cause mortality in the Netherlands.
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health,
95, 249-258.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01721-y2021
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W., Duijndam, S., Robinson, P., & van Beukering, P. (Accepted/In press). Behavioural biases and heuristics in perceptions of COVID-19 risks and prevention decisions. Risk Analysis.
Robinson, P. J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Zhou, F. (2021).
An experimental study of charity hazard: The effect of risky and ambiguous government compensation on flood insurance demand.
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty,
63(3), 275–318.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-021-09365-6Schrieks, T., Botzen, W., Wens, M. L. K., Haer, T., & Aerts, J. (2021).
Integrating behavioral theories in agent-based models for agricultural drought risk assessments.
Frontiers in Water,
3, 1-19. [686329].
https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.686329 Mol, J. M.
, Botzen, W., Blasch, J., Kranzler, E., & Kunreuther, H. (2021).
All by myself? Testing descriptive social norm-nudges to increase flood preparedness among homeowners.
Behavioural Public Policy.
https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2021.17Ignjacevic, P., Estrada, F.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2021).
Time of emergence of economic impacts of climate change.
Environmental Research Letters,
16(7), 1-10. [074039].
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac0d7aRobinson, P. J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Duijndam, S., & Molenaar, A. (2021).
Risk communication nudges and flood insurance demand.
Climate Risk Management,
34, 1-18. [100366].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2021.100366Estrada, F.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2021).
Economic impacts and risks of climate change under failure and success of the Paris Agreement.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
1504(1), 95-115.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14652Botzen, W., Duijndam, S., & van Beukering, P. (2021).
Lessons for climate policy from behavioral biases towards COVID-19 and climate change risks.
World Development,
137, 1-4. [105214].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105214 Robinson, P. J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Kunreuther, H., & Chaudhry, S. J. (2021).
Default options and insurance demand.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
183, 39-56.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.12.017Botzen, W. J. W., Nees, T., & Estrada, F. (2021).
Temperature effects on electricity and gas consumption: Empirical evidence from Mexico and projections under future climate conditions.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
13(1), 1-28. [305].
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010305 2020
Scholarly publications
Tesselaar, M.
, Wouter Botzen, W. J., Haer, T., Hudson, P., Tiggeloven, T., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2020).
Regional inequalities in flood insurance affordability and uptake under climate change.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
12(20), 1-30. [8734].
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208734van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Angelsen, A., Baranzini, A.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Carattini, S., Drews, S., Dunlop, T., Galbraith, E., Gsottbauer, E., Howarth, R. B., Padilla, E., Roca, J., & Schmidt, R. C. (2020).
A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing: the glass is half full.
Climate Policy,
20(10), 1349-1354.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1827537van den Bergh, J. C. J. M.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2020).
Low-carbon transition improbable without carbon pricing.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
117(38), 23219–23220. [38].
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010380117Botzen, W. J. W., Martinius, M. L., Bröde, P., Folkerts, M. A., Ignjacevic, P., Estrada, F., Harmsen, C., & Daanen, H. A. M. (2020).
Economic valuation of climate change induced mortality: Age dependent cold and heat mortality in the Netherlands.
Climatic Change,
162.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02797-0https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408564/Botzen2020_Article_EconomicValuationOfClimateChan.pdf?sequence=1 van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Angelsen, A., Baranzini, A.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Carattini, S., Drews, S., Dunlop, T., Galbraith, E., Gsottbauer, E., Howarth, R. B., Padilla, E., Roca, J., & Schmidt, R. (2020).
A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing.
Climate Policy,
20(9), 1057-1069.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1797618Ignjacevic, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Estrada, F., Kuik, O., Ward, P., & Tiggeloven, T. (2020).
CLIMRISK-RIVER: Accounting for local river flood risk in estimating the economic cost of climate change.
Environmental Modelling and Software,
132, [104784].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104784Tesselaar, M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2020).
Impacts of climate change and remote natural catastrophes on EU flood insurance markets: An analysis of soft and hard reinsurance markets for flood coverage.
ATMOSPHERE,
11(2), [146].
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020146Van Ginkel, K. C. H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Haasnoot, M., Bachner, G., Steininger, K. W., Hinkel, J., Watkiss, P., Boere, E., Jeuken, A., De Murieta, E. S., & Bosello, F. (2020).
Climate change induced socio-economic tipping points: Review and stakeholder consultation for policy relevant research.
Environmental Research Letters,
15(2), [023001].
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6395Folkerts, M. A., Bröde, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Martinius, M. L., Gerrett, N., Harmsen, C. N., & Daanen, H. A. M. (2020).
Long Term Adaptation to Heat Stress: Shifts in the Minimum Mortality Temperature in the Netherlands.
Frontiers in Physiology,
11, [225].
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00225Mol, J. M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Blasch, J. E., & de Moel, H. (2020).
Insights into Flood Risk Misperceptions of Homeowners in the Dutch River Delta.
Risk Analysis,
40(7), 1450-1468.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13479Estrada, F.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Calderon-Bustamante, O. (2020).
The Assessment of Impacts and Risks of Climate Change on Agriculture (AIRCCA) model: a tool for the rapid global risk assessment for crop yields at a spatially explicit scale.
Spatial Economic Analysis,
15(3), 262–279.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2020.1754448Bockarjova, M., Botzen, W. J. W., van Schie, M. H., & Koetse, M. J. (2020).
Property price effects of green interventions in cities: A meta-analysis and implications for gentrification.
Environmental Science and Policy,
112, 293-304.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.06.024 Akerboom, S., Botzen, W., Buijze, A., Michels, A., & van Rijswick, M. (2020).
Meeting goals of sustainability policy: CO2 emission reduction, cost-effectiveness and societal acceptance. An analysis of the proposal to phase-out coal in the Netherlands.
Energy Policy,
138, [111210].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111210 Mol, J. M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Blasch, J. E. (2020).
Behavioral motivations for self-insurance under different disaster risk insurance schemes.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
180, 967-991.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.12.007Haer, T., Husby, T. G.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2020).
The safe development paradox: An agent-based model for flood risk under climate change in the European Union.
Global Environmental Change,
60, [102009].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.102009Mol, J. M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Blasch, J. E. (2020).
Risk reduction in compulsory disaster insurance: Experimental evidence on moral hazard and financial incentives.
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics,
84, [101500].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.101500Kind, J. M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2020).
Social vulnerability in cost-benefit analysis for flood risk management.
Environment and Development Economics,
25(2), 115-134.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000275Hudson, P., De Ruig, L. T., de Ruiter, M. C., Kuik, O. J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Le Den, X., Persson, M., Benoist, A., & Nielsen, C. N. (2020).
An assessment of best practices of extreme weather insurance and directions for a more resilient society.
Environmental Hazards,
19(3), 301-321.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2019.1608148Robinson, P. J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2020).
Flood insurance demand and probability weighting: The influences of regret, worry, locus of control and the threshold of concern heuristic.
Water Resources and Economics,
30, 1-19. [100144].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2019.100144de Ruig, L. T., Haer, T., de Moel, H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2020).
A micro-scale cost-benefit analysis of building-level flood risk adaptation measures in Los Angeles.
Water Resources and Economics,
32, [100147].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2019.1001472019
Scholarly publications
Mechler, R., Calliari, E., Bouwer, L. M., Schinko, T., Surminski, S., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & et al. (2019).
Science for Loss and DamagT: Findings and Propositions. In R. Mechler, L. M. Bouwer, T. Schinko, S. Surminski, & J. Linnerooth-Bayer (Eds.),
Loss and Damage from Climate Change (pp. 3-37). (Climate Risk Management, Policy and Governance). Springer.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388933/Mechler2019_Chapter_ScienceForLossAndDamageFinding.pdf?sequence=1Botzen, W. J. W., Kunreuther, H., & Michel-Kerjan, E. O. (2019).
Protecting against disaster risks: Why insurance and prevention may be complements.
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty,
59(2), 151-169.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-019-09312-6 Estrada, F., Tol, R. S. J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2019).
Extending integrated assessment models′ damage functions to include adaptation and dynamic sensitivity.
Environmental Modelling and Software,
121, [104504].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104504Hudson, P.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2019).
Cost-benefit analysis of flood zoning policies: A review of current practice.
WIREs Water,
6(6), [e1387].
https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1387Botzen, W. J. W., Kunreuther, H., Czajkowski, J., & de Moel, H. (2019).
Adoption of Individual Flood Damage Mitigation Measures in New York City: An Extension of Protection Motivation Theory.
Risk Analysis,
39(10), 2143-2159.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13318 Haer, T.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2019).
Advancing disaster policies by integrating dynamic adaptive behaviour in risk assessments using an agent-based modelling approach.
Environmental Research Letters,
14(4), [044022].
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab0770de Ruig, L. T., Barnard, P. L.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Grifman, P., Hart, J. F., de Moel, H., Sadrpour, N., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2019).
An economic evaluation of adaptation pathways in coastal mega cities: An illustration for Los Angeles.
Science of the Total Environment,
678, 647-659.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.308Robinson, P. J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2019).
Determinants of Probability Neglect and Risk Attitudes for Disaster Risk: An Online Experimental Study of Flood Insurance Demand among Homeowners.
Risk Analysis,
39(11), 2514-2527.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13361Robinson, P. J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2019).
Economic experiments, hypothetical surveys and market data studies of insurance demand against low-probability/high-impact risks: A systematic review of designs, theoretical insights and determinants of demand.
Journal of Economic Surveys,
33(5), 1493-1530.
https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12332Botzen, W. J. W., Deschenes, O.
, & Sanders, M. (2019).
The economic impacts of natural disasters: A review of models and empirical studies.
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy,
13(2), 167-188.
https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/rez004 Hudson, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2019).
Flood insurance arrangements in the European Union for future flood risk under climate and socioeconomic change.
Global Environmental Change,
58, [101966].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101966Unterberger, C., Hudson, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Schroeer, K., & Steininger, K. W. (2019).
Future Public Sector Flood Risk and Risk Sharing Arrangements: An Assessment for Austria.
Ecological Economics,
156, 153-163.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.09.019Hudson, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2019).
Impacts of flooding and flood preparedness on subjective well-being: A monetisation of the tangible and intangible impacts.
Journal of Happiness Studies,
20(2), 665-682.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9916-42018
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., Brouwer, L. M., Scussolini, P., Kuik, O., Haasnoot, M., Lawrence, J., & Aerts, J. (2018).
Integrated disaster risk management and adaptation. In R. Melchler, L. M. Brouwer, T. Schinko, S. Surminski, & J. Linnerooth-Bayer (Eds.),
Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options. (pp. 287-315). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_12 Aerts, J. C. J. H., Barnard, P. L.
, Botzen, W., Grifman, P., Hart, J. F., De Moel, H., Mann, A. N., de Ruig, L. T., & Sadrpour, N. (2018).
Pathways to resilience: Adapting to sea level rise in Los Angeles.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
1427(1), 1-90.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13917Di Baldassarre, G., Kreibich, H., Vorogushyn, S., Aerts, J., Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Barendrecht, M., Bates, P., Borga, M.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Bubeck, P., De Marchi, B., Llasat, C., Mazzoleni, M., Molinari, D., Mondino, E., Mård, J., Petrucci, O., Scolobig, A., Viglione, A., & Ward, P. J. (2018).
Hess opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,
22(11), 5629-5637.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5629-2018Kind, J., Baayen, J. H.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2018).
Benefits and limitations of real options analysis for the practice of river flood risk management.
Water Resources Research,
54(4), 3018-3036.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR022402Haer, T.
, Botzen, W. J. W., van Roomen, V., Connor, H., Zavala-Hidalgo, J., Eilander, D. M., & Ward, P. J. (2018).
Coastal and river flood risk analyses for guiding economically optimal flood adaptation policies: a country-scale study for Mexico.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences,
376(2121).
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0329Clement, K. Y.
, Botzen, W., Brouwer, R., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2018).
A global review of the impact of basis risk on the functioning of and demand for index insurance.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction,
28, 845-853.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.01.001Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, Botzen, W. J., Clarke, K. C., Cutter, S. L., Hall, J. W., Merz, B., Michel-Kerjan, E., Mysiak, J., Surminski, S., & Kunreuther, H. (2018).
Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment.
Nature Climate Change,
8(3), 193-199.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0085-1Botzen, W. J. W., & van Beukering, P. J. H. (2018).
Geographical scoping and willingness-to-pay for nature protection.
Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences,
15(1), 41-58.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2018.1441158 De Smidt, G.
, & Botzen, W. (2018).
Perceptions of Corporate Cyber Risks and Insurance Decision-Making.
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice,
43(2), 239-274.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-018-0082-7Botzen, W. J. W., Van Den Bergh, J. C. J. M., & Chichilnisky, G. (2018).
Climate policy without intertemporal dictatorship: Chichilnisky criterion versus classical utilitarianism in dice.
Climate Change Economics,
9(2), [1850002].
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010007818500021 Bubeck, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Laudan, J., Aerts, J. C. J. H., & Thieken, A. (2018).
Insights into flood-coping appraisals of Protection Motivation Theory: Empirical evidence from Germany and France.
Risk Analysis,
38(6), 1239-1257.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12938Professional publications
Botzen, W. J. W. (2018). Economische schade van natuurrampen en lessen voor klimaatadaptatie. Economische Statistische Berichten, 103(4759), 104-107.
2017
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., Monteiro, É., Estrada, F., Pesaro, G., & Menoni, S. (2017).
Economic Assessment of Mitigating Damage of Flood Events: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Flood-Proofing Commercial Buildings in Umbria, Italy.
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice,
42(4), 585-608.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-017-0065-0 Atreya, A., Czajkowski, J.
, Botzen, W., Bustamante, G., Campbell, K., Collier, B., Ianni, F., Kunreuther, H., Michel-Kerjan, E., & Montgomery, M. (2017).
Adoption of flood preparedness actions: A household level study in rural communities in Tabasco, Mexico.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction,
24, 428-438.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.025Ward, P. J., Jongman, B., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Bates, P. D.
, Botzen, W. J. W., DIaz Loaiza, A., Hallegatte, S., Kind, J. M., Kwadijk, J., Scussolini, P., & Winsemius, H. C. (2017).
A global framework for future costs and benefits of river-flood protection in urban areas.
Nature Climate Change,
7(9), 642-646.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3350Haer, T.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Zavala-Hidalgo, J., Cusell, C., & Ward, P. J. (2017).
Economic evaluation of climate risk adaptation strategies: Cost-benefit analysis of flood protection in Tabasco, Mexico.
Atmósfera,
30(2), 101-120.
https://doi.org/10.20937/ATM.2017.30.02.03Jørgensen, S. H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Sanders, L. (2017).
As Temporal as Spatial: It Is Geographical–Exploring Spatio-temporality in Modelling the Risk of Climate Change and Natural Hazards.
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift,
71(1), 60-61.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2017.1287773Estrada, F.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Tol, R. S. J. (2017).
A global economic assessment of city policies to reduce climate change impacts.
Nature Climate Change,
7, 403-406.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3301Kind, J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. (2017).
Accounting for risk aversion, income distribution, and social welfare in cost-benefit analysis for flood risk management.
WIREs Climate Change,
8(2), 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.446Haer, T.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. (2017).
Integrating household risk mitigation behaviour in flood risk analysis: An agent-based model approach.
Risk Analysis,
37(10), 1977-1992.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12740Hudson, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Czajkowski, J., & Kreibich, H. (2017).
Moral hazard in natural disaster insurance markets: Empirical evidence from Germany and the United States.
Land Economics,
93(2), 179-208.
https://doi.org/10.3368/le.93.2.1792016
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., Michel-Kerjan, E., Kunreuther, H., de Moel, H., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2016).
Political affiliation affects adaptation to climate risks: Evidence from New York City.
Climatic Change,
138(1-2), 353-360.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1735-9 Hudson, P. F.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Feyen, L., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2016).
Incentivising flood risk adaptation through risk based insurance premiums: Trade-offs between affordability and risk reduction.
Ecological Economics,
125, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.01.015Haer, T.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2016).
The effectiveness of flood risk communication strategies and the influence of social networks-Insights from an agent-based model.
Environmental Science & Policy,
60, 44-52.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.03.006Botzen, W. J. W., & Bouwer, L. M. (2016).
Weather indicators for insured hailstorm damage to motor vehicles and potential climate change impacts.
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice,
41(3), 512-527.
https://doi.org/10.1057/gpp.2015.16 de Boer, J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Terpstra, T. (2016).
Flood risk and climate change in the Rotterdam area, The Netherlands: enhancing citizen's climate risk perceptions and prevention responses despite skepticism.
Regional Environmental Change,
16(6), 1613-1622. [16].
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0900-42015
Scholarly publications
Bubeck, P., Kreibich, H., Penning-Rowsell, E. C.
, Botzen, W. J. W., de Moel, H., & Klijn, F. (Accepted/In press).
Explaining differences in flood management approaches in Europe and in the USA - a comparative analysis.
Journal of Flood Risk Management.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12151Paudel, Y.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Dijkstra, T., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2015).
Risk allocation in a public-private catastrophe insurance system.
Journal of Flood Risk Management,
8(2), 116-134.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12082Paudel, Y.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2015).
Influence of climate change and socio-economic development on catastrophe insurance: A case study of flood risk scenarios in the Netherlands.
Regional Environmental Change,
15(8), 1717-1729.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-014-0736-3Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Werners, S. (2015).
Adaptation portfolios in water management.
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change,
20(8), 1247-1265.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-014-9540-0Estrada Porrua, F.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Tol, R. S. J. (2015).
Economic losses from US hurricanes consistent with an influence from climate change.
Nature Geoscience,
8, 880-884.
https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO2560Zander, K.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Kjellstrom, T., Oppermann, E., & Garnett, S. T. (2015).
Heat stress has a substantial economic impact on the Australian workforce.
Nature Climate Change,
5, 647-651.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2623Poussin, J. K.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2015).
Effectiveness of flood damage mitigation measures: Empirical evidence from French flood disasters.
Global Environmental Change,
31, 74-84.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.12.007de Boer, J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Terpstra, T. (2015).
More than fear induction: Toward an understanding of people's motivation to be well-prepared for emergencies in flood prone areas.
Risk Analysis,
35(3), 518-535.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12289Surminski, S., Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Hudson, P., Mysiak, J., & Pérez-Blanco, C. D. (2015).
Reflections on the current debate on how to link flood insurance and disaster risk reduction in the European Union.
Natural Hazards,
79(3), 1451-1479.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1832-5Koks, E. E., Jongman, B., Husby, T. G.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2015).
Combining hazard, exposure and social vulnerability to provide lessons for flood risk management.
Environmental Science & Policy,
47, 42-52.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.0132014
Scholarly publications
Terpstra, T., Zaalberg, R., de Boer, J.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2014).
You have been framed! How antecedents of information need mediate the effects of risk communication messages.
Risk Analysis,
34(8), 1506-1520.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12181Botzen, W. J. W., & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2014).
Specifications of social welfare in economic studies of climate policy: Overview of criteria and evaluation of policy insights. Environmental and Resource Economics,
58(1), 1-33.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-013-9738-8 Jongman, B., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Feyen, L., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Mechler, R.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Bouwer, L. M., Pflug, G., Rojas, R., & Ward, P. J. (2014).
Reply to 'Statistics of flood risk’.
Nature Climate Change,
4, 844-845.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2376Jongman, B., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Feyen, L., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Mechler, R.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Bouwer, L. M., Pflug, G., Rojas, R., & Ward, P. J. (2014).
Increasing stress on disaster-risk finance due to large floods.
Nature Climate Change,
4, 264-268.
https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2124de Boer, J.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Terpstra, T. (2014).
Improving flood risk communication by focusing on prevention-focused motivation.
Risk Analysis,
34(2), 309-322.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12091Vasileiadou, E.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2014).
Framing adaptation with emotions: The role of intense experiences for concern about extreme weather.
Ecology and Society,
19(2), 36.
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06474-190236Poussin, J. K.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2014).
Factors of influence on flood damage mitigation behaviour by households - Literature review and results from a French survey. Environmental Science & Policy,
40, 69-77.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.013Hudson, P. G. M. B.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Kreibich, H., Bubeck, P., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2014).
Evaluating the effectiveness of flood damage mitigation measures by the application of Propensity Score Matching.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences,
14, 1731-1747.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1731-2014Aerts, J. C. J. H., Botzen, W. J. W., Emanuel, K., Lin, N., de Moel, H., & Michel-Kerjan, E. O. (2014). Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities. Science, 344(6183), 473-475.
Other output
Botzen, W. J. W. (2014). Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize 2014.
2013
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., Aerts, J. C. J. H., & de Moel, H. (2013).
Superstorm Sandy: Getrokken lessen en een Nederlandse aanpak in New York City.
Magazine nationale veiligheid en crisisbeheersing,
11(1), 50-51.
https://www.nctv.nl/search.aspx?simpleSearch=sandy Poussin, J. K.
, Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2013).
Stimulating flood damage mitigation through insurance: an assessment of the French CatNat system.
Environmental Hazards,
12(3-4), 258-277.
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tenh20/12/3-4Bubeck, P.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2013).
Response to the necessity for longitudinal studies in risk perception research.
Risk Analysis,
33(5), 760-762.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12028Botzen, W. J. W. (2013). Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance. Cambridge University Press [etc.].
Aerts, J. C. J. H., Lin, N.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Emanuel, K., & de Moel, H. (2013).
Low probability flood-risk modeling for New York City. Risk Analysis,
33(5), 772-788.
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12008/pdfSeifert, I.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Kreibich, H., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2013).
Influence of flood risk characteristics on flood insurance demand: A comparison between Germany and the Netherlands.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences,
13, 1691-1705.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-1691-2013Bubeck, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Kreibich, H., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2013).
Detailed insights into the influence of flood-coping appraisals on mitigation behaviour.
Global Environmental Change,
23(5), 1327-1338.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.009Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, Botzen, W. J. W., de Moel, H., & Bowman, M. (2013).
Cost Estimates for Flood Resilience and Protection Strategies in New York City.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
1294(1), 1-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12200/abstractOther output
Aerts, J. C. J. H., Botzen, W. J. W., Lin, N., Emanuel, K., & de Moel, H. (2013). Best Paper Award in the journal Risk Analysis in 2013.
Jongman, B., Bouwer, L., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Feyen, L., Botzen, W. J. W., Aerts, J. C. J. H., & Ward, P. J. (2013). Are we ready? Trends in European flood risk and financing resources.
2012
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2012).
Risk attitudes to low-probability climate change risks: WTP for flood insurance.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
82(1), 151-166.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2012.01.005 Bubeck, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Kreibich, H., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2012).
Long-term development and effectiveness of private flood mitigation measures: An analysis for the German part of the river Rhine.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences,
12, 3507-3518.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-3507-2012Botzen, W. J. W., & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2012).
How sensitive is Nordhaus to Weitzman? Climate policy in DICE with an alternative damage function.
Economics Letters,
117(1), 372-374.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.032 Bubeck, P.
, Botzen, W. J. W., Suu, L. T. T., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2012).
Do flood risk perceptions provide useful insights for flood risk management? Findings from central Vietnam.
Journal of Flood Risk Management,
5(4), 295-302.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.2012.5.issue-4/issuetocProfessional publications
2011
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2011). The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and climate-resilient waterfront development in New York City. In J. C. J. H. Aerts, W. J. W. Botzen, M. J. Bowman, P. Ward, & P. Dircke (Eds.), Climate adaptation and flood risk in coastal cities (pp. 165-190). Earthscan.
Aerts, J. C. J. H., Botzen, W. J. W., Bowman, M. J., Ward, P. J., & Dircke, P. (2011). Introduction: coastal cities and adaptation to climate change. In J. C. J. H. Aerts, W. J. W. Botzen, M. J. Bowman, P. J. Ward, & P. Dircke (Eds.), Climate adaptation and flood risk in coastal cities (pp. 1-8). Earthscan.
Bouwer, L. M.
, & Botzen, W. J. W. (2011).
How sensitive are US hurricane damages to climate? Comment on a paper by W.D. Nordhaus.
Climate Change Economics,
1(2), 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010007811000188Botzen, W. J. W. (2011).
Alistair Munro: Bounded Rationality and Public Policy: A Perspective from Behavioural Economics. Ian J. Bateman (ed.): The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources.
Environmental and Resource Economics,
49(2), 305.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/c676n86rr8h9413k/ Professional publications
Botzen, W. J. W. (2011). Verzekeringsmarkten voor natuurrampen en klimaatrisico's. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 96(4612S), 16-22.
2010
Scholarly publications
Poussin, J. K., Aerts, J. C. J. H., & Botzen, W. J. W. (2010). Flood prevention and comparison in the Netherlands. In R. Cassin, J. M. Sauve, & Y. Robineau (Eds.), Rapport public 2010: L'eau et son droit. Etudes et documents du Conseil d'Etat (pp. 525-536). La Documentation Francaise.
Botzen, W. J. W., & Marey, P. S. (2010).
Did the ECB respond to the stock market before the crisis? Empirical evidence and policy implications.
Journal of Policy Modeling,
32, 303-322.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.03.001 Botzen, W. J. W., van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., & Bouwer, L. M. (2010).
Climate change and increased risk for the insurance sector: A global perspective and an assessment for the Netherlands. Natural Hazards,
52(3), 577-598.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/u237166571587l12/ Botzen, W. J. W., Bouwer, L. M.
, & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2010).
Climate change and hailstorm damage: Empirical evidence and implications for agriculture and insurance.
Resource and Energy Economics,
32(3), 341-362.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.10.004 Professional publications
Botzen, W. J. W., & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (2010). Het beheersen van overstromingsrisico's met een publiek-private verzekering. Magazine nationale veiligheid en crisisbeheersing, 8(5), 38-39.
2009
Scholarly publications
Botzen, W. J. W., Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2009).
Willingness of homeowners to mitigate climate risk through insurance.
Ecological Economics,
68(8-9), 2265-2277.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.019 Botzen, W. J. W., Aerts, J. C. J. H.
, & Van Den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2009).
Dependence of flood risk perceptions on socioeconomic and objective risk factors.
Water Resources Research,
45(10), [W10440].
https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR007743