Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods

Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods

The authors analyze the determinants of fatalities in 2,194 large flood events in 108 countries between 1985 and 2008. Given that socioeconomic factors can affect mortality right in the aftermath of a flood, but also indirectly by influencing flood...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, Susana, Hamilton, Kirk, Vincent, Jeffrey R.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
AVALANCHES
BUILDING CODES
BUREAUCRACY
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
CASUALTIES
CITIZENS
CIVIL WAR
CLIMATE CHANGE
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY COVERAGE
DAMAGES
DATA QUALITY
DEATH TOLL
DEATH TOLLS
DECLARATION
DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
DISASTER
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER PREPARATION
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER REPORTING
DISASTER TYPE
DROUGHTS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMERGENCY HEALTH
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
EMERGENCY SERVICES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVACUATION
EVACUATIONS
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FLOOD
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD DATA
FLOOD DISASTER
FLOOD DIVERSION
FLOOD EVENT
FLOOD FREQUENCY
FLOOD LEVELS
FLOOD MAGNITUDE
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOOD MAPS
FLOOD OCCURRENCE
FLOOD PLAINS
FLOOD RISK
FLOOD STAGES
FLOOD ZONES
FLOOD-CONTROL
FLOODED
FLOODING
FLOODS
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE VARIABLES
HURRICANE
IMPACT OF FLOOD
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INEQUALITY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LANDSLIDES
LARGE FLOOD
LARGE FLOOD EVENTS
LARGE FLOODS
MAJOR FLOOD
MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS
MAJOR FLOODS
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASURING CORRUPTION
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL FREEDOMS
PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RECONSTRUCTION
RIVERS
SOCIOECONOMIC DATA
STORM
STORMS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
TROPICAL CYCLONES
URBANIZATION
VOLCANOES
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3488

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