A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation

In Europe, it can be estimated that hydro-meteorological information and early warning systems save several hundreds of lives per year, avoid between 460 million and 2.7 billion Euros of disaster asset losses per year, and produce between 3.4 and 34 billion of additional benefits per year through th...

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Main Author:	Hallegatte, Stéphane
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCIDENT ACCIDENTS AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAVEL AIRPORT ANNUAL COST AVALANCHE AVALANCHES AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY BIOMASS BUSES CALCULATION CASUALTIES CHEMICALS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO COAL COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS DAT DATABASE DEATH TOLL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DIFFUSION DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISCOUNT RATE DOCUMENTS DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARLY WARNINGS EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND EMERGENCY PLANS EMERGENCY SERVICES ENERGY PRODUCTION EVACUATION EVACUATIONS EXTREME EVENTS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD PROTECTIONS FLOODED FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREST FOREST METEOROLOGY GAS HEAT WAVE HEAT WAVES HEAVY RAIN HURRICANE HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL DATA HYDROMETEOROLOGY IMPACT OF HURRICANES INCOME INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURES INSURANCE INSURANCE SCHEME JOURNEY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND-USE PLANNING NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS PASSENGERS POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITY PP PRECIPITATION PREVENTIVE ACTIONS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAINFALL RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL INTEGRATION RELIEF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESCUE RISK ANALYSIS RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD SALTING ROUTES SAFETY SAVINGS SCENARIOS SILVER STORM STORM DAMAGE STORM SURGES SURVIVORS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES THUNDERSTORMS TOTAL BENEFITS TRAINS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY TRIPS TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORMS VEHICLE VEHICLES WARNING SYSTEM WEALTH WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EVENT WEATHER EVENTS WIND WIND ENERGY WIND POWER WINTER STORMS WMO
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A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation

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