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:
AIR
CO
GAS
PP
WMO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16255054/cost-effective-solution-reduce-disaster-losses-developing-countries-hydro-meteorological-services-early-warning-evacuation
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6058
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Hallegatte, Stéphane
author_facet Hallegatte, Stéphane
author_sort Hallegatte, Stéphane
title A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation
title_short A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation
title_full A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation
title_fullStr A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation
title_full_unstemmed A Cost Effective Solution to Reduce Disaster Losses in Developing Countries : Hydro-Meteorological Services, Early Warning, and Evacuation
title_sort cost effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries : hydro-meteorological services, early warning, and evacuation
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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spelling 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