An Interdisciplinary Approach to Household Strengthening and Insurance Decisions

Road flooding in Kitty Hawk, NC during Hurricane Sandy. © Peggy Birkemeier

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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Household Strengthening and Insurance Decisions

Project Dates: January 2016 – June 2018

Summary

This interdisciplinary project improved a developing tool to help agencies explore the potential effects of policies related to household hurricane risk reduction. The project specifically focused on better understanding the factors that influence homeowner insurance purchase and retrofit decision-making. The tools and policy briefs created are useful to other researchers working with same goal of supporting the development of policies that lead to household hurricane risk reduction.

Investigator

Dr. Rachel Davidson University of Delaware
Dr. Rachel Davidson
University of Delaware

Other Research Participants/Partners

  • Jamie Kruse, Professor, Economics, East Carolina University
  • Linda Nozick, Professor, Civil Engineering, Cornell University
  • Joseph Trainor, Associate Professor, Public Policy, University of Delaware