provided by the mangroves. We applied the model to a case study based on survey data from 35 villages comprising 500 households … households being willing to invest more in self-insurance but less in self-protection; (ii) households protected by mangroves are …

property and lives during tropical cyclones. Theoretical as well as empirical research shows that mangroves provide protection … from storm surge. But whether mangroves protect inland static property during storms is less explored. This paper estimates … the storm protection benefits due to mangroves during the super cyclone of 1999 in Orissa. By combining GIS data with …