Closing the Gap: Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management in Mexico

Author(s)

Hofliger, R.

Publication language

English

Pages

2pp

Date published

01 May 2018

Publisher

Swiss Reinsurance

Type

Research, reports and studies

Keywords

Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disasters, Government

Countries

Mexico

Link

http://www.swissre.com/library/factsheets-publication/Closing_the_gap_Comprehens…

Mexico has been hit by no less than seven major catastrophes since 1985. In 2005 Hurricane Wilma caused total economic damages of over USD 22 billion ‒ more than USD 8 billion of which were uninsured. Small wonder that the federal government has been an innovator in disaster risk management.

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