Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks

Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks

Benefit-cost analyses of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects are an important tool for evaluating the efficiency of such projects, and an important input into decision making. These analyses, however, often fail to monetize the benefits of redu...

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Main Authors: L. Cropper, Maureen, Sahin, Sebnem
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCIDENTAL DEATH
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
ANXIETY
AUTOMOBILE
BICYCLE HELMETS
BICYCLE SAFETY
BLOOD VESSELS
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BURNS
CAR
CARDIAC ARREST
CASUALTIES
CERVICAL SPINE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS
COMMUTERS
COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST ANALYSES
COST ANALYSIS
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
CRASH COSTS
CRED
DAMAGES
DAT DATABASE
DEATH RATE
DEATH TOLL
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT
DISABILITIES
DISASTER
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECTS
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER RISKS
DISASTER TYPE
DISASTERS
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNT RATES
DISCOUNTED VALUE
DROUGHTS
DROWNING
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
EMERGENCY ROOM
EMERGENCY SERVICES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVACUATION
EXPECTED UTILITY
EXPECTED VALUE
FATAL INJURIES
FATAL INJURY
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FLOOD
FLOODS
FORECASTS
FRACTURES
GDP
HEALTH RISKS
HIGHWAY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HURRICANE
HURRICANES
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INJURED PERSONS
INJURIES
INJURY
INJURY PREVENTION
INJURY RISK
INJURY SCALE
INSURANCE
LABOR MARKETS
LAND USE
LANDSLIDES
LEISURE
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL UTILITY
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICINE
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MOBILITY
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTORISTS
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
NEGOTIATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLLUTION
PRESENT VALUE
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS
QUALITY OF LIFE
REPLACEMENT COSTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK AVERSION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
RISK NEUTRAL
RISK REDUCTIONS
ROAD
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD TRAFFIC
SAFETY
SAFETY DEVICE
SAFETY HELMETS
SAFETY REGULATIONS
SANITATION
STORM
STORMS
TOLL
TOTAL COSTS
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
TRAFFIC CRASHES
TRAFFIC INJURIES
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
TRANSPORTATION
TROPICAL CYCLONES
TRUE
TSUNAMI
TSUNAMIS
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
VALUATION
VEHICLES
VOLCANOES
WAGES
WEALTH
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WOUNDS
WTP
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