Overview
Research on the economics of natural disasters has not kept up with the tremendous impacts of these phenomena on people's lives. However, large scale events such as Hurricane Katrina, the Tsunami in Asia and the more recent 2008 hurricane in Myanmar and earthquake in Sichuan, China, have sparked new interest in the field. This book brings together the work of academic researchers and practitioners covering methodological aspects of measuring natural disasters as well as relevant macro and microeconomic theory and evidence, trying to put forward a research agenda and policy options for the next decade. The book has two parts. Part I first provides an overview of the general trends in natural disasters and their effects, and later focuses on a critical analysis of different methodologies to assess the economic impact of natural disasters, as well as on the ex-ante and ex-post mechanisms to deal with the effects of disasters and the relationship between extreme natural events and climate change. Part II covers six case studies from both the developed and the developing world, and from three different continents: Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Nicaragua, Japan and the Netherlands. Using both country-level data and household surveys, these case studies analyse and quantify the impact of natural hazards - hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, among other types of disasters - on household welfare and macroeconomic performance. This is an indispensible volume for researchers, academics and policy professionals addressing the short and long term economic effects of natural disasters.
Full Product Details
Author: Debarati Guha-Sapir ,
Indhira Santos ,
Alexandre Borde ,
Salvano Briceno
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Earthscan Ltd
ISBN: 9781844077687
ISBN 10: 1844077683
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 January 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
'This book, designed and written as a reference text on both theory and practice of the economics of natural disasters, provides an up-to-date account of many of the most relevant issues on the topic for both developed and developing countries. It comes at the right time to fill a gap in the literature on disasters. For policy-makers, students and the public interested in natural disasters, including those that might be related to climate change, it is a must read.' Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-chair of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and Professor, Universite catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Author Information
Debarati Guha-Sapir is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and Professor at University of Louvain School of Public Health, in Brussels Belgium. Indhira Santos is a Research Fellow at Bruegel, a think tank in international economics in Brussels, Belgium. She is also a consultant for UNDP and the World Bank on the economics of natural disasters.
