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

Ferreira, Susana; Hamilton, Kirk; Vincent, Jeffrey R.

dc.creator	Ferreira, Susana
dc.creator	Hamilton, Kirk
dc.creator	Vincent, Jeffrey R.
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:03:21Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:03:21Z
dc.date	2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:57:45Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:57:45Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110630170010
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3488
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244452
dc.description	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 frequency and magnitude, they distinguish between direct and indirect effects of development on flood mortality. The authors find that income is negatively associated with the frequency of floods and, conditional on their magnitude, the fatalities they cause in developing countries. However, for developed countries they find that increased income is associated with more fatalities, both directly (conditional on flood occurrence and magnitude) and indirectly through an increase in the frequency and magnitude of flood events. Also in contrast to the literature, they find that the effect of governance on flood frequency and fatalities in developing countries is U-shaped, with improvements in governance reducing the numbers of floods and deaths when governance is weaker but raising them when governance is stronger.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5725
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	AVALANCHES
dc.subject	BUILDING CODES
dc.subject	BUREAUCRACY
dc.subject	BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
dc.subject	CASUALTIES
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CIVIL WAR
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.subject	COUNTRY COVERAGE
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DATA QUALITY
dc.subject	DEATH TOLL
dc.subject	DEATH TOLLS
dc.subject	DECLARATION
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DISASTER PREPARATION
dc.subject	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject	DISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	DISASTER REPORTING
dc.subject	DISASTER TYPE
dc.subject	DROUGHTS
dc.subject	EARLY WARNING
dc.subject	EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	EMERGENCY HEALTH
dc.subject	EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
dc.subject	EMERGENCY SERVICES
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	EVACUATION
dc.subject	EVACUATIONS
dc.subject	FATALITIES
dc.subject	FATALITY
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOOD CONTROL
dc.subject	FLOOD DATA
dc.subject	FLOOD DISASTER
dc.subject	FLOOD DIVERSION
dc.subject	FLOOD EVENT
dc.subject	FLOOD FREQUENCY
dc.subject	FLOOD LEVELS
dc.subject	FLOOD MAGNITUDE
dc.subject	FLOOD MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FLOOD MAPS
dc.subject	FLOOD OCCURRENCE
dc.subject	FLOOD PLAINS
dc.subject	FLOOD RISK
dc.subject	FLOOD STAGES
dc.subject	FLOOD ZONES
dc.subject	FLOOD-CONTROL
dc.subject	FLOODED
dc.subject	FLOODING
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	GEOGRAPHIC AREA
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE VARIABLES
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF FLOOD
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	LANDSLIDES
dc.subject	LARGE FLOOD
dc.subject	LARGE FLOOD EVENTS
dc.subject	LARGE FLOODS
dc.subject	MAJOR FLOOD
dc.subject	MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS
dc.subject	MAJOR FLOODS
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject	MEASURING CORRUPTION
dc.subject	MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL FREEDOMS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RIVERS
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC DATA
dc.subject	STORM
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	TRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VOLCANOES
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Nature, Socioeconomics and Adaptation to Natural Disasters : New Evidence from Floods
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region