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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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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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 Hallegatte, Stéphane A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation |
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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 the optimization of economic production in weather-sensitive sectors (agriculture, energy, etc.). The potential for similar benefits in the developing world is not only proportional to population, but also to increased hazard risk due to climate and geography, as well as increased exposure to weather due to the state of infrastructure. This analysis estimates that the potential benefits from upgrading to developed-country standards the hydro-meteorological information production and early warning capacity in all developing countries include: (i) between 300 million and 2 billion USD per year of avoided asset losses due to natural disasters; (ii) an average of 23,000 saved lives per year, which is valued between 700 million and 3.5 billion USD per year using the Copenhagen Consensus guidelines; and (iii) between 3 and 30 billion USD per year of additional economic benefits. The total benefits would reach between 4 and 36 billion USD per year. Because some of the most expensive components of early warning systems have already been built (e.g., earth observation satellites, global weather forecasts), these investments are relatively modest, estimated here around 1 billion US per year, reaching benefit-cost ratios between 4 and 36. |
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Hallegatte, Stéphane |
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Hallegatte, Stéphane |
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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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A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation |
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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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A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation |
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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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cost effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries : hydro-meteorological services, early warning, and evacuation |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16255054/cost-effective-solution-reduce-disaster-losses-developing-countries-hydro-meteorological-services-early-warning-evacuation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9359 |
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okr-10986-93592021-04-23T14:02:44Z A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation Hallegatte, Stéphane 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 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 the optimization of economic production in weather-sensitive sectors (agriculture, energy, etc.). The potential for similar benefits in the developing world is not only proportional to population, but also to increased hazard risk due to climate and geography, as well as increased exposure to weather due to the state of infrastructure. This analysis estimates that the potential benefits from upgrading to developed-country standards the hydro-meteorological information production and early warning capacity in all developing countries include: (i) between 300 million and 2 billion USD per year of avoided asset losses due to natural disasters; (ii) an average of 23,000 saved lives per year, which is valued between 700 million and 3.5 billion USD per year using the Copenhagen Consensus guidelines; and (iii) between 3 and 30 billion USD per year of additional economic benefits. The total benefits would reach between 4 and 36 billion USD per year. Because some of the most expensive components of early warning systems have already been built (e.g., earth observation satellites, global weather forecasts), these investments are relatively modest, estimated here around 1 billion US per year, reaching benefit-cost ratios between 4 and 36. 2012-06-29T22:18:56Z 2012-06-29T22:18:56Z 2012-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16255054/cost-effective-solution-reduce-disaster-losses-developing-countries-hydro-meteorological-services-early-warning-evacuation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9359 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6058 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |