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The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters

Author	: Debarati Guha-Sapir
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 23 May 2013
ISBN 10	: 0199841934
Pages	: 326 pages
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The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters focuses on concerns of poverty and vulnerability amongst natural disaster zones. Written by a collection of scholars in disaster management and sustainable development, the report provides an overview of the general trends in natural disasters and their effects by focusing on a critical analysis of different methodologies used to assess the economic impact of natural disasters.

The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters by Debarati Guha-Sapir,Indhira Santos

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Economic Effects of Natural Disasters by Taha Chaiechi

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters explores how natural disasters affect sources of economic growth and development. Using theoretical econometrics and real-world data, and drawing on advances in climate change economics, the book shows scholars and researchers how to use various research methods and techniques to investigate and respond to natural

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Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters by Charlotte Benson,Edward J. Clay

Download or read online Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters written by Charlotte Benson,Edward J. Clay, published by World Bank Publications which was released on 2004. Get Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle.

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National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters by Harry W. Richardson,JiYoung Park,James E. Moore II,Qisheng Pan

øA unique contribution towards mitigation is offered in this book, which develops a national economic impact model to estimate the effects of simulated terrorist attacks and real world natural disasters on individual US States and economic sectors. The

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Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies by Alcira Kreimer,Margaret Arnold

In 1999 natural catastrophes and man-made disasters claimed more than 105,000 lives, 95 percent of them in the developing world, and caused economic losses of around US$100 billion. In 1998 the twin disasters of the Yangtze and Hurrican Mitch accounted for two-thirds of the US$65 billion loss. The geographical areas affected may vary, but

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The Impacts of Natural Disasters by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Assessing the Costs of Natural Disasters

We in the United States have almost come to accept natural disasters as part of our nation's social fabric. News of property damage, economic and social disruption, and injuries follow earthquakes, fires, floods and hurricanes. Surprisingly, however, the total losses that follow these natural disasters are not consistently calculated. We

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Climate Change and Natural Disasters by Vinod Thomas

The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters—the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, ten times more than

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The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters in Pacific Island Countries Adaptation and Preparedness by Dongyeol Lee,Huan Zhang,Chau Nguyen

Pacific island countries are highly vulnerable to various natural disasters which are destructive, unpredictable and occur frequently. The frequency and scale of these shocks heightens the importance of medium-term economic and fiscal planning to minimize the adverse impact of disasters on economic development. This paper identifies the intensity of natural

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Unbreakable by Stephane Hallegatte,Adrien Vogt-Schilb,Mook Bangalore,Julie Rozenberg

'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a rich person that it does to

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Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters by Yasuhide Okuyama,Stephanie E. Chang

This volume is dedicated to the memory of Barclay G. Jones, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Regional Science at Cornell University. Over a decade ago, Barclay took on a fledgling area of study - economic modeling of disasters - and nurtured its early development. He served as the

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Disaster Risk Reduction for Economic Growth and Livelihood by Ian Davis,Kae Yanagisawa,Kristalina Georgieva

The prevalence of natural disasters in recent years has highlighted the importance of preparing adequately for disasters and dealing efficiently with their consequences. This book addresses how countries can enhance their resilience against natural disasters and move towards economic growth and sustainable development. Covering a wide range of issues, it

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Economics Of Natural Disasters by Euston Quah,Suman Kumari Sharma

Unlike existing books on the topic that cover more on non-economic aspects of natural disasters, this book covers economic aspects of natural disasters viz damage assessment, risk management and resilience. The book contains several case studies and covers some of the major natural disasters in different countries, most notably the

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A Safer Future by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters;

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Economic Impacts and Emergency Management of Disasters in China by Xianhua Wu,Ji Guo

This book uses cutting-edge methods, such as big data mining methods on social media, generalized difference in difference, inoperational input–output models, improved data envelopment analysis, improved computable general equilibrium and others to calculate the economic impacts of climate and environmental disasters on China. This book provides the ideas, methods

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Spatial Economic Modelling of Megathrust Earthquake in Japan by Suminori Tokunaga,Budy P. Resosudarmo

This book presents an evaluation of the impacts of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis on regional economies and subsequent reconstruction, as well as regional revitalization by the spatial economic model and dynamic macro and regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The cases examined are the Great East Japan Earthquake and the

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