The Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane Damages in the United States

Mendelsohn, Robert; Emanuel, Kerry; Chonabayashi, Shun

dc.creator	Mendelsohn, Robert
dc.creator	Emanuel, Kerry
dc.creator	Chonabayashi, Shun
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:06:01Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:06:01Z
dc.date	2011-02-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:00:50Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:00:50Z
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_20111104100332
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3639
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244603
dc.description	This paper quantifies hurricane damage caused by climate change across the US. A damage function is estimated from historic hurricane data to measure the impacts at each location given the storm's strength. The minimum barometric pressure of each storm turns out to be a better indicator of damages than the traditional measure of maximum wind speed. A hurricane generator in the Atlantic Ocean is then used to create 5000 storms with and without climate change. Combining the location and intensity of each storm with the income and population projected for each location, it is possible to estimate a detailed picture of how hurricanes will impact each state with and without climate change. Income and population growth alone increase expected baseline damage from $9 to $27 billion per year by 2100. Climate change is expected to increase damage by another $40 billion. Over 85 percent of these impacts are in Florida and the Gulf states. The 10 percent most damaging storms cause 93 percent of expected damage.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5561
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	APPLIED METEOROLOGY
dc.subject	ATLANTIC HURRICANE
dc.subject	ATLANTIC OCEAN
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
dc.subject	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
dc.subject	BUILDING CODES
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE DAMAGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE DYNAMICS
dc.subject	CLIMATE HAZARD
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODEL
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCENARIO
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY
dc.subject	CLIMATES
dc.subject	CLIMATOLOGY
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CYCLONE ACTIVITY
dc.subject	DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DEATH TOLL
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION PATH
dc.subject	EMISSION SCENARIO
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS PATH
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SCENARIO
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
dc.subject	EVACUATION
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENT
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	FATALITIES
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject	FLOODING
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subject	GCM
dc.subject	GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
dc.subject	GENERATOR
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	GLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANE CENTER
dc.subject	HURRICANE DAMAGE
dc.subject	HURRICANE FREQUENCY
dc.subject	HURRICANE INTENSITY
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCREASE IN WIND SPEED
dc.subject	INSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subject	INSURERS
dc.subject	INTENSITY OF STORMS
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	MAJOR HURRICANES
dc.subject	MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
dc.subject	METEOROLOGY
dc.subject	NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	PP
dc.subject	PRESENT VALUE
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DENSITY
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	PUBLIC ECONOMICS
dc.subject	REAL ESTATE
dc.subject	RISK ANALYSIS
dc.subject	SCIENTISTS
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	SEA WALLS
dc.subject	SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
dc.subject	SEVERE STORMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	SOLAR RADIATION
dc.subject	STORM
dc.subject	STORM DAMAGE
dc.subject	STORM DAMAGES
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	WEATHER
dc.subject	WEATHER FORECASTING
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WIND DIRECTION
dc.subject	WIND PATTERNS
dc.subject	WIND SHEAR
dc.subject	WIND SPEEDS
dc.title	The Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane Damages in the United States
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	North America
dc.coverage	United States