The economic impacts of natural disasters / edited by Debarati Guha-Sapir, Indhira Santos, Alexandre Borde.

This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.

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Other Authors: Guha-Sapir, Debarati, Santos, Indhira, Borde, Alexandre
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Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: An Overview of Natural Disaster Trends, Risk Management Analysis, and Mitigation Policies in a Changing Climate; 1. The Frequency and Impact of Natural Disasters; 2. The Interlinkages between Natural Disasters and Economic Development; 3. Valuing the Impacts of Natural Disasters and the Economic Benefits of Preventing Them; 4. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Disaster Risk Management and Climate Adaptation: The Case of Bangladesh; 5. Challenges Ahead: Risk Management and Cost-Benefit Analysis in a Changing Climate 
505 8 |a 6. Natural Disasters and the Insurance Industry7. Natural Disaster Mitigation Policies; PART II: Case Studies of Natural Disasters; 8. Natural Disasters in Vietnam: A Synthesis from a Socioeconomic Perspective; 9. Natural Disaster Mitigation in West Bengal; 10. How Do Households Manage the Effects of Natural Disasters? The Role of Interhousehold Transfers in Nicaragua; 11. The Economic Impact of Earthquakes on Households: Evidence from Japan; 12. Urban and Nonagricultural Impacts of Flooding and Their Assessments: The Case of Bangladesh 
505 8 |a 13. The Economics of Flood Disaster Management in the NetherlandsConclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 
650 0 |a Natural disasters  |x Economic aspects. 
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650 7 |a Business & Economics.  |2 hilcc 
650 7 |a Economic History.  |2 hilcc 
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700 1 |a Borde, Alexandre. 
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