Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods
The authors analyze the determinants of fatalities in 2,194 large flood events in 108 countries between 1985 and 2008. Given that socioeconomic factors can affect mortality right in the aftermath of a flood, but also indirectly by influencing flood...
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okr-10986-34882021-04-23T14:02:10Z Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods Ferreira, Susana Hamilton, Kirk Vincent, Jeffrey R. AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AVALANCHES BUILDING CODES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CASUALTIES CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CHANGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY COVERAGE DAMAGES DATA QUALITY DEATH TOLL DEATH TOLLS DECLARATION DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER PREPARATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORTING DISASTER TYPE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE EMERGENCY SERVICES EPIDEMIOLOGY EVACUATION EVACUATIONS FATALITIES FATALITY FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DATA FLOOD DISASTER FLOOD DIVERSION FLOOD EVENT FLOOD FREQUENCY FLOOD LEVELS FLOOD MAGNITUDE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD MAPS FLOOD OCCURRENCE FLOOD PLAINS FLOOD RISK FLOOD STAGES FLOOD ZONES FLOOD-CONTROL FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS GEOGRAPHIC AREA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE VARIABLES HURRICANE IMPACT OF FLOOD INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LANDSLIDES LARGE FLOOD LARGE FLOOD EVENTS LARGE FLOODS MAJOR FLOOD MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS MAJOR FLOODS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING CORRUPTION MEDICAL ASSISTANCE NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FREEDOMS PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECONSTRUCTION RIVERS SOCIOECONOMIC DATA STORM STORMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY TROPICAL CYCLONES URBANIZATION VOLCANOES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The authors analyze the determinants of fatalities in 2,194 large flood events in 108 countries between 1985 and 2008. Given that socioeconomic factors can affect mortality right in the aftermath of a flood, but also indirectly by influencing flood frequency and magnitude, they distinguish between direct and indirect effects of development on flood mortality. The authors find that income is negatively associated with the frequency of floods and, conditional on their magnitude, the fatalities they cause in developing countries. However, for developed countries they find that increased income is associated with more fatalities, both directly (conditional on flood occurrence and magnitude) and indirectly through an increase in the frequency and magnitude of flood events. Also in contrast to the literature, they find that the effect of governance on flood frequency and fatalities in developing countries is U-shaped, with improvements in governance reducing the numbers of floods and deaths when governance is weaker but raising them when governance is stronger. 2012-03-19T18:03:21Z 2012-03-19T18:03:21Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110630170010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3488 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5725 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AVALANCHES BUILDING CODES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CASUALTIES CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CHANGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY COVERAGE DAMAGES DATA QUALITY DEATH TOLL DEATH TOLLS DECLARATION DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER PREPARATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORTING DISASTER TYPE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE EMERGENCY SERVICES EPIDEMIOLOGY EVACUATION EVACUATIONS FATALITIES FATALITY FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DATA FLOOD DISASTER FLOOD DIVERSION FLOOD EVENT FLOOD FREQUENCY FLOOD LEVELS FLOOD MAGNITUDE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD MAPS FLOOD OCCURRENCE FLOOD PLAINS FLOOD RISK FLOOD STAGES FLOOD ZONES FLOOD-CONTROL FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS GEOGRAPHIC AREA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE VARIABLES HURRICANE IMPACT OF FLOOD INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LANDSLIDES LARGE FLOOD LARGE FLOOD EVENTS LARGE FLOODS MAJOR FLOOD MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS MAJOR FLOODS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING CORRUPTION MEDICAL ASSISTANCE NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FREEDOMS PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECONSTRUCTION RIVERS SOCIOECONOMIC DATA STORM STORMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY TROPICAL CYCLONES URBANIZATION VOLCANOES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AVALANCHES BUILDING CODES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CASUALTIES CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CHANGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY COVERAGE DAMAGES DATA QUALITY DEATH TOLL DEATH TOLLS DECLARATION DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER PREPARATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORTING DISASTER TYPE DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE EMERGENCY SERVICES EPIDEMIOLOGY EVACUATION EVACUATIONS FATALITIES FATALITY FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DATA FLOOD DISASTER FLOOD DIVERSION FLOOD EVENT FLOOD FREQUENCY FLOOD LEVELS FLOOD MAGNITUDE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD MAPS FLOOD OCCURRENCE FLOOD PLAINS FLOOD RISK FLOOD STAGES FLOOD ZONES FLOOD-CONTROL FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS GEOGRAPHIC AREA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE VARIABLES HURRICANE IMPACT OF FLOOD INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LANDSLIDES LARGE FLOOD LARGE FLOOD EVENTS LARGE FLOODS MAJOR FLOOD MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS MAJOR FLOODS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING CORRUPTION MEDICAL ASSISTANCE NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FREEDOMS PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECONSTRUCTION RIVERS SOCIOECONOMIC DATA STORM STORMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY TROPICAL CYCLONES URBANIZATION VOLCANOES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Ferreira, Susana Hamilton, Kirk Vincent, Jeffrey R. Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods |
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The authors analyze the determinants of
fatalities in 2,194 large flood events in 108 countries
between 1985 and 2008. Given that socioeconomic factors can
affect mortality right in the aftermath of a flood, but also
indirectly by influencing flood frequency and magnitude,
they distinguish between direct and indirect effects of
development on flood mortality. The authors find that income
is negatively associated with the frequency of floods and,
conditional on their magnitude, the fatalities they cause in
developing countries. However, for developed countries they
find that increased income is associated with more
fatalities, both directly (conditional on flood occurrence
and magnitude) and indirectly through an increase in the
frequency and magnitude of flood events. Also in contrast to
the literature, they find that the effect of governance on
flood frequency and fatalities in developing countries is
U-shaped, with improvements in governance reducing the
numbers of floods and deaths when governance is weaker but
raising them when governance is stronger. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Ferreira, Susana Hamilton, Kirk Vincent, Jeffrey R. |
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Ferreira, Susana Hamilton, Kirk Vincent, Jeffrey R. |
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Ferreira, Susana |
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Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods |
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Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods |
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Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods |
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Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods |
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Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods |
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nature, socioeconomics and adaptation to natural disasters : new evidence from floods |
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2012 |
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