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The Problem of the Commons : Still Unsettled After 100 Years
Stavins, Robert N. - 2010
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135981
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The Problem of the Commons : Still Unsettled after 100 Years
Stavins, Robert N. - 2010
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138074
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Climate Change Meets Trade in Promoting Green Growth : Potential Conflicts and Synergies
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
To date, border adjustment measures in the form of emissions allowance requirements (EAR) under the U.S. proposed cap-and-trade regime are the most concrete unilateral trade measure put forward to level the carbon playing field. If improperly implemented, such measures could disturb the world...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197090
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An Exploration of the Link between Development, Economic Growth, and Natural Risk
Hallegatte, S. - 2013
probability of disaster occurrence to decrease with income; (ii) the capital at risk – and thus the economic losses in case of … disaster – to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of … observation of a trend in disaster losses should not be confused with the presence of excessive risk taking. In a descriptive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083303
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An Overview of Urban Vulnerability to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in Central America & the Caribbean Region
Gencer, Ebru - 2013
different characteristics of vulnerability to natural disasters and thus requires an extensive variety of disaster risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153187
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Orienting Flood Risk Management to Disaster Risk Creation : lessons from the Water Framework Directive
Cazzola, Giacomo - 2022
This paper proposes an application of the analytical path assembled within my PhD research on Disaster Risk Creation … challenges, for spatial planning and disaster risk management, in understanding, evaluating, and addressing Disaster Risk (DR … methodological approach benefits from well-established theoretical models of causal analysis of Disaster Risk Creation processes as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240390
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Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Coastal Disasters. A Review of Modeling Practices
Bosello, Francesco; De Cian, Enrica - 2014
The climate change impacts on sea level rise and coastal disasters, and the possible adaptation responses have been studied using very different approaches, such as very detailed site-specific engineering studies and global macroeconomic assessments of coastal zones vulnerability. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149917
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Climate Change and Extreme Events : An Assessment of Economic Implications
Roson, Roberto; Calzadilla, Alvaro; Pauli, Francesco - 2014
We use a general equilibrium model of the world economy, and a regional economic growth model, to assess the economic implications of vulnerability from extreme meteorological events, induced by the climate change. In particular, we first consider the impact of climate change on ENSO and NAO...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059143
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Reflections on the Current Debate on How to Link Flood Insurance and Disaster Risk Reduction in the European Union
Surminski, S. - 2015
Flood insurance differs widely in scope and form across Europe. Against the backdrop of rising flood losses a debate about the role of EU policy in shaping the future of this compensation tool is led by policy makers and industry. In this paper we investigate if and how current EU policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022838
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Partnerships for Affordable and Equitable Disaster Insurance
Mysiak, Jaroslav - 2015
natural catastrophes. Amidst budgetary cuts, there is a growing concern on societies' ability to design solvent disaster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023103