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Can we rely on VIIRS nightlights to estimate the short-term impacts of natural disasters? : evidence from five Southeast Asian countries
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Strobl, Eric; Tveit, Thomas - 2019
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) nightlights are used to model damage caused by earthquakes, floods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167806
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The growth aftermath of natural disasters
Fomby, Thomas B.; Ikeda, Yuki; Loayza, Norman - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916157
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Earthquake vulnerability reduction program in Colombia : a probabilistic cost-benefit analysis
Ghesquiere, Francis; Jamin, Luis; Mahul, Olivier - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003349557
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Methodology and findings for the exposure analysis of the Chinese wastewater sector to flooding and earthquakes hazards : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : back...
Hu, Xi; Pant, Raghav; Zorn, Conrad; Lim, Weeho; Koks, Elco - 2019
sector to flooding and earthquakes hazards. This analysis is undertaken for changing flooding, under climate scenarios, and … their flood protection standards. For earthquakes, we examine the exposure of WWTPs to earthquake hazards through both … seismic shaking and induced liquefaction. Overall, we demonstrate the significant risk that earthquakes can have on the WWTP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051965
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Natural disaster damage indices based on remotely sensed data : an application to Indonesia
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Strobl, Eric; Tveit, Thomas - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736396
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The sooner, the better : the early economic impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Iván - 2020
The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non-pharmaceutical interventions have not been fully assessed, because the official economic indicators have not been published. This paper provides estimates of the economic impacts of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241218
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Infrastructure, economic growth, and poverty : a review
Timilsina, Govinda R.; Hochman, Gal; Song, Ze - 2020
How much an economy should invest in its physical infrastructure is a crucial question being asked by policy makers from developing countries where financial resources for economic development are limited. This paper aims to address this question by bringing insights from the literature that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241222
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Opening-up trajectories and economic recovery : lessons after the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Iván - 2020
recovery. The analysis indicates that countries that adopted a gradual, staged reopening experienced stronger economic recovery … progress of the pandemic may speed up the recovery process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434406
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Why do people die in earthquakes? : the costs, benefits and institutions of disaster risk reduction in developing countries
Kenny, Charles - 2009
collapse in earthquakes, and the great majority occurs in the developing world. This is despite the fact that engineering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003820952
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Fertility response to natural disasters : the case of three high mortality earthquakes
Finlay, Jocelyn E. - 2009
earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003821448