January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti. Damages are estimated for a disaster with both 200,000 and 250,000 total dead … and missing (i.e., the range of mortality that the earthquake is estimated to have caused) using Haiti s economic and …

This study estimates the effects of the 1970 Ancash earthquake on human capital accumulation on the affected and … affected by the earthquake in utero completed on average 0. 5 years less schooling while females affected by the earthquake … completed 0. 8 years less schooling. Surprisingly, those whose mothers were affected at birth by the earthquake have 0. 4 less …

events that occurred in Italy in the last three decades, the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009. We assemble a novel dataset by … matching information on the ground acceleration registered throughout the National Strong Motion Network during the earthquake …

.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City in September 2017. Our findings reveal that the disaster resulted in an 11% decrease in … examines whether natural disasters can impact general political trust and if disaster relief efforts can mitigate these effects …. We investigate the relationships between disaster, trust, and aid using novel survey data collected before and after a 7 …

This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …

In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at … the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …

main disaster data sources available, discusses the determinants of the direct effects of disasters, and distinguishes …

disaster risk resilience (DRR). This paper tries to emphasise the importance of DRR in dealing with natural catastrophesby … reinsurance mechanisms used in other countries for financing these catastrophes. It underlines a concept that resilience can be … sectors.Despite the suite of reforms that have been initiated in shifting towards resilient infrastructure and disaster funds …