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Why Do People Die in Earthquakes? The Costs, Benefits and Institutions of Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries

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dc.creator Kenny, Charles
dc.date 2012-03-19T19:08:56Z
dc.date 2012-03-19T19:08:56Z
dc.date 2009-01-01
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T21:08:08Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T21:08:08Z
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_20090226130516
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4042
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245012
dc.description Every year, around 60,000 people die worldwide in natural disasters. The majority of the deaths are caused by building collapse in earthquakes, and the great majority occurs in the developing world. This is despite the fact that engineering solutions exist that can almost completely eliminate the risk of such deaths. Why is this? The engineering solutions are both expensive and technically demanding, so that the benefit-cost ratio of such solutions is often unfavorable compared with other interventions designed to save lives in developing countries. Nonetheless, a range of public disaster risk-reduction interventions (including construction activities) are highly cost effective. The fact that such interventions often remain unimplemented or ineffectively executed points to a role for issues of political economy. Building regulations in developing countries appear to have limited impact in many cases, perhaps because of limited capacity and the impact of corruption. Public construction is often of low quality - perhaps for similar reasons. This suggests approaches that emphasize simple and limited disaster risk regulation covering only the most at-risk structures and that (preferably) can be monitored by non-experts. It also suggests a range of transparency and oversight mechanisms for public construction projects.
dc.language English
dc.relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4823
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights World Bank
dc.subject ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject ACCIDENTS
dc.subject AGED
dc.subject AIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subject BUILDING CODE
dc.subject BUILDING CODES
dc.subject CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
dc.subject CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject CITIZENS
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject COLLAPSED BUILDINGS
dc.subject CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
dc.subject COST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject DEATH RATES
dc.subject DEATH TOLL
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
dc.subject DISABILITY
dc.subject DISASTER
dc.subject DISASTER EVENTS
dc.subject DISASTER INSURANCE
dc.subject DISASTER MITIGATION
dc.subject DISASTER PLANNING
dc.subject DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject DISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subject DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject DISASTER RISK
dc.subject DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject DISASTER RISKS
dc.subject DISEASES
dc.subject DISSEMINATION
dc.subject DOCUMENTS
dc.subject EARLY WARNING
dc.subject EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
dc.subject EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject EDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subject EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject EVACUATION
dc.subject EXERCISES
dc.subject FATALITIES
dc.subject FEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subject FERTILITY
dc.subject FERTILITY RATE
dc.subject FERTILITY RATES
dc.subject FEWER PEOPLE
dc.subject FIRST AID
dc.subject FLOOD
dc.subject FLOOD CONTROL
dc.subject FLOOD DAMAGE
dc.subject FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject FLOOD PROTECTION
dc.subject FLOODED
dc.subject FLOODING
dc.subject FLOODS
dc.subject FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject HEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subject HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject HEALTH RISK
dc.subject HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject HOSPITALS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject HUMAN LIFE
dc.subject HURRICANE
dc.subject HURRICANES
dc.subject IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
dc.subject INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subject INJURIES
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INSURERS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject LACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subject LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MALARIA
dc.subject MANDATES
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MORTALITY REDUCTION
dc.subject NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject NATURAL CATASTROPHES
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject NATURAL HAZARD
dc.subject NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject NUMBER OF DEATHS
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PHYSICAL DAMAGE
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject PROVISION OF SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC HEARINGS
dc.subject PUBLIC SAFETY
dc.subject QUALITY CONTROL
dc.subject RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject REGULATORY AGENCIES
dc.subject REGULATORY REGIME
dc.subject RESCUE
dc.subject RESPONSE TO DISASTER
dc.subject RICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subject RISK OF DEATH
dc.subject SAFETY
dc.subject SAFETY MEASURES
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject SCHOOL BUILDINGS
dc.subject SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SKILLED PROFESSIONALS
dc.subject SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject STORM
dc.subject STORMS
dc.subject SURVIVORS
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject TSUNAMI
dc.subject TYPHOONS
dc.subject URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject USE OF RESOURCES
dc.subject VACCINATION
dc.subject VICTIMS
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WOMAN
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.title Why Do People Die in Earthquakes? The Costs, Benefits and Institutions of Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries
dc.type Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage The World Region
dc.coverage The World Region


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