It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios

Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, an...

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Main Author:	Thomas, Vinod
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AVALANCHES CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION COAST COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE CROPS DAMAGES DAMS DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PROFESSIONALS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY COMMITTEE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EROSION FARMERS FLOOD FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FORESTS HEAT HEAT WAVE HEAT WAVES HEATWAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDSLIDES LONG-TERM MITIGATION NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL_DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION RECOVERY OPERATIONS RELIEF RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS RELIEF EFFORTS RESTORATION SAFETY SURVIVORS TEMPORARY SHELTER VICTIMS WATERSHED WEAPONS WETLANDS WETLANDS PROTECTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13956346/time-factor-natural-disasters-macroeconomic-scenarios http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10103

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spelling	okr-10986-101032021-04-23T14:02:48Z It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios Thomas, Vinod AVALANCHES CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION COAST COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE CROPS DAMAGES DAMS DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PROFESSIONALS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY COMMITTEE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EROSION FARMERS FLOOD FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FORESTS HEAT HEAT WAVE HEAT WAVES HEATWAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDSLIDES LONG-TERM MITIGATION NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL_DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION RECOVERY OPERATIONS RELIEF RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS RELIEF EFFORTS RESTORATION SAFETY SURVIVORS TEMPORARY SHELTER VICTIMS WATERSHED WEAPONS WETLANDS WETLANDS PROTECTION Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, and macroeconomic scenarios seldom take into account the results of their increasing incidence, damages, and costs. Using evaluative lessons from the World Bank's and others' experience, this note highlights the urgent need to invest in climate change mitigation, disaster preparedness, early response, and post-disaster reconstruction. 2012-08-13T10:25:48Z 2012-08-13T10:25:48Z 2011-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13956346/time-factor-natural-disasters-macroeconomic-scenarios http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10103 English Economic Premise; No. 52 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	AVALANCHES CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION COAST COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE CROPS DAMAGES DAMS DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PROFESSIONALS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY COMMITTEE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EROSION FARMERS FLOOD FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FORESTS HEAT HEAT WAVE HEAT WAVES HEATWAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDSLIDES LONG-TERM MITIGATION NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL_DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION RECOVERY OPERATIONS RELIEF RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS RELIEF EFFORTS RESTORATION SAFETY SURVIVORS TEMPORARY SHELTER VICTIMS WATERSHED WEAPONS WETLANDS WETLANDS PROTECTION
spellingShingle	AVALANCHES CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION COAST COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE CROPS DAMAGES DAMS DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PROFESSIONALS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY COMMITTEE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EROSION FARMERS FLOOD FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FORESTS HEAT HEAT WAVE HEAT WAVES HEATWAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDSLIDES LONG-TERM MITIGATION NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL_DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION RECOVERY OPERATIONS RELIEF RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS RELIEF EFFORTS RESTORATION SAFETY SURVIVORS TEMPORARY SHELTER VICTIMS WATERSHED WEAPONS WETLANDS WETLANDS PROTECTION Thomas, Vinod It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
relation	Economic Premise; No. 52
description	Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, and macroeconomic scenarios seldom take into account the results of their increasing incidence, damages, and costs. Using evaluative lessons from the World Bank's and others' experience, this note highlights the urgent need to invest in climate change mitigation, disaster preparedness, early response, and post-disaster reconstruction.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Thomas, Vinod
author_facet	Thomas, Vinod
author_sort	Thomas, Vinod
title	It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
title_short	It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
title_full	It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
title_fullStr	It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
title_full_unstemmed	It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
title_sort	it is time to factor natural disasters into macroeconomic scenarios
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13956346/time-factor-natural-disasters-macroeconomic-scenarios http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10103
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