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Implications of major adverse events on productivity
Dieppe, Alistair; Çelik, Sinem Kılıç; Okou, Cedric - 2020
COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, many countries have faced major adverse events including natural disasters, wars, and … greater frequency of natural disasters, especially climate disasters, means that they have the largest aggregate impact on … productivity, as natural disasters have occurred most often and their frequency has doubled since 2000. Global adverse events can …
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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
and nonaffected cells based on (i) case studies of specific disasters, and (ii) fixed effect regression models akin to the …
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Identifying the vulnerable to poverty from natural disasters : the case of typhoons in the Philippines
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Kawasoe, Yasuhiro; Strobl, Eric; … - 2019
This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on … to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is employed to estimate … household consumption falls below the poverty line) in the event of future natural disasters of different intensities …
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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
This paper describes the methodology and findings for the extreme hazard exposure analysis of the Chinese wastewater sector to flooding and earthquakes hazards. This analysis is undertaken for changing flooding, under climate scenarios, and earthquake exposure of a spatially accurate wastewater...
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Infrastructure disruptions : how instability breeds household vulnerability : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Obolensky, Marguerite; Erman, Alvina; Rozenberg, Julie; … - 2019
This review examines the literature on the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is widespread evidence that households suffer from the consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and that being connected to the grid is not sufficient to close the infrastructure gap....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052017
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Vulnerabilities of networked energy infrastructure : a primer : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Schweikert, Amy; Nield, Lindsey; Otto, Erica; Klemun, … - 2019
Considerable work has been done to understand and improve the resilience of individual infrastructure components. However, systems of components, or even systems of systems, are far less well understood. Cascade effects, where the loss of one infrastructure affects others, is a major source of...
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Resilience and critical power system infrastructure : lessons learned from natural disasters and future research needs : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : backg...
Schweikert, Amy; Nield, Lindsey; Otto, Erica; Deinert, Mark - 2019
Resilience against infrastructure failure is essential for ensuring the health and safety of communities during and following natural hazard situations. Understanding how natural hazards impact society in terms of economic cost, recovery time, and damages to critical infrastructure is essential...
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Three feet under : urban jobs, connectivity, and infrastructure : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Rentschler, Jun; Braese, Johannes; Jones, Nick; Avner, Paolo - 2019
This paper analyses the degree to which infrastructure reliability and urban economic activity in several African cities is impacted by flooding. It combines firm-level micro data, flood maps, and several spatial data layers across cities through a harmonized geospatial network analysis. The...
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Candle in the wind? : energy system resilience to natural shocks : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Rentschler, Jun; Obolensky, Marguerite; Kornejew, Martin - 2019
This study finds that natural shocks-storms in particular-are a significant and often leading cause for power supply disruptions. This finding is based on 20 years of high frequency (i.e. daily) data on power outages and climate variables in 28 countries-Bangladesh, the United States and 26...
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Labor market impacts and responses : the economic consequences of a marine environmental disaster
Hoang Trung Xuan; Duong Trung Le; Nguyen, Ha; Nguyen … - 2019
This paper examines the labor market impacts of a large-scale marine environmental crisis caused by toxic chemical contamination in Vietnam's central coast in 2016. Combining labor force surveys with satellite data on fishing-boat detection, the analysis finds negative and heterogeneous impacts...
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