Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America

Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America

This paper evaluates whether mangroves can mitigate the impact of hurricanes on economic activity. The paper assembles a new, regionwide panel data set that measures local economic activity using nightlights, potential hurricane damages using a det...

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Main Authors: Del Valle, Alejandro, Eriksson, Mathilda, Ishizawa, Oscar A., Miranda, Juan Jose
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
MANGROVE FOREST
HURRICANES
NIGHTLIGHTS
COASTAL ECOLOGY
WINDSTORM MODEL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700941553603777645/Mangroves-for-Coastal-Protection-Evidence-from-Hurricanes-in-Central-America
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spelling okr-10986-314542022-07-18T00:23:51Z Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America Del Valle, Alejandro Eriksson, Mathilda Ishizawa, Oscar A. Miranda, Juan Jose MANGROVE FOREST HURRICANES NIGHTLIGHTS COASTAL ECOLOGY WINDSTORM MODEL This paper evaluates whether mangroves can mitigate the impact of hurricanes on economic activity. The paper assembles a new, regionwide panel data set that measures local economic activity using nightlights, potential hurricane damages using a detailed hurricane windstorm model, and mangrove protection by mapping the width of mangrove forests on the path to the coast. The results show that hurricanes have negative short-run effects on economic activity, with losses likely concentrated in coastal lowlands that are exposed to both wind and storm surge hazards. In these coastal lowlands, the estimates show that nightlights decrease by up to 24 percent in areas that are unprotected by mangroves. By comparison, the impact of the hurricanes observed in the sample is fully mitigated in areas protected by mangrove belts of one or more kilometers. 2019-03-27T15:33:48Z 2019-03-27T15:33:48Z 2019-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700941553603777645/Mangroves-for-Coastal-Protection-Evidence-from-Hurricanes-in-Central-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31454 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8795 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean
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topic MANGROVE FOREST
HURRICANES
NIGHTLIGHTS
COASTAL ECOLOGY
WINDSTORM MODEL
spellingShingle MANGROVE FOREST
HURRICANES
NIGHTLIGHTS
COASTAL ECOLOGY
WINDSTORM MODEL
Del Valle, Alejandro
Eriksson, Mathilda
Ishizawa, Oscar A.
Miranda, Juan Jose
Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8795
description This paper evaluates whether mangroves can mitigate the impact of hurricanes on economic activity. The paper assembles a new, regionwide panel data set that measures local economic activity using nightlights, potential hurricane damages using a detailed hurricane windstorm model, and mangrove protection by mapping the width of mangrove forests on the path to the coast. The results show that hurricanes have negative short-run effects on economic activity, with losses likely concentrated in coastal lowlands that are exposed to both wind and storm surge hazards. In these coastal lowlands, the estimates show that nightlights decrease by up to 24 percent in areas that are unprotected by mangroves. By comparison, the impact of the hurricanes observed in the sample is fully mitigated in areas protected by mangrove belts of one or more kilometers.
format Working Paper
author Del Valle, Alejandro
Eriksson, Mathilda
Ishizawa, Oscar A.
Miranda, Juan Jose
author_facet Del Valle, Alejandro
Eriksson, Mathilda
Ishizawa, Oscar A.
Miranda, Juan Jose
author_sort Del Valle, Alejandro
title Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America
title_short Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America
title_full Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America
title_fullStr Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America
title_full_unstemmed Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America
title_sort mangroves for coastal protection : evidence from hurricanes in central america
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700941553603777645/Mangroves-for-Coastal-Protection-Evidence-from-Hurricanes-in-Central-America
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31454
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