The Internet is crucial to this disaster information network, but the increased decentralization that the Internet allows makes it harder to ensure integration, security, and reliability. Some countries have placed restrictions on the distribution of environmental data, and it was proposed that development banks consider making their loans conditional on unrestricted sharing of environmental infrastructure data for the benefit of all. Insurance and reinsurance. In developing countries, few people insure adequately, and the premium volume for catastrophe exposure is negligible compared to the sums insured. Reinsurance supports insurers by reducing exposure and distributing the risk.
Reinsurance reduces a potential imbalance in accounts of insurance companies.
Cost-effectiveness and other financial issues for mitigation . Measuring the cost-benefit ratio for various mitigation strategies has been an ongoing concern in the disaster reduction community. Techniques now used in environmental valuation could also be applied to measure the value of mitigation. The direct cost of damage to productive assets is relatively easy to derive, but many other costs are hard to value. Other possible quantitative measures are needed, possibly including land inundated, lives lost, or other physical data.