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Policy-relevant assessment method of socio-economic impacts of floods: An Italian case study

Farinosi, Fabio; Carrera, Lorenzo; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - 2012

This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river … study is of great interest to those who are interested in estimating the economic impact of flood events. It can also assist … specifically, to help them understand how to reduce social vulnerability to flood events. …

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Productive disasters? Evidence from European firm level data

Leiter, Andrea M.; Oberhofer, Harald; Raschky, Paul A. - 2007

significantly negative flood effect is observable which declines with increasing share of intangible assets. …

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Who is going to save us now? Bureaucrats, politicians and risky tasks

Raschky, Paul A.; Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore - 2007

The paper compares the policy choices regarding risk-transfer against low-probability-high-loss events between elected and appointed public officials. Empirical evidence using data on U.S. municipality-level shows that appointed city managers are more likely to adopt federal risk-transfer...

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Legal framework for public participation in flood risk mapping: A comparative study of the responses of different European Member States to some requirements of the Floods Directiv...

Unnerstall, Herwig - 2010

participation into the process of flood risk mapping and, if so, in what form. The comparison also considers current administrative …

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Economy-Wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change: Sea Level Rise

Roson, Roberto; Bosello, Francesco; Lazzarin, Marco; … - 2004

The economy-wide implications of sea level rise in 2050 are estimated using a static computable general equilibrium model. Overall, general equilibrium effects increase the costs of sea level rise, but not necessarily in every sector or region. In the absence of coastal protection, economies...

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Composite Valuation of Immaterial Damage in Flooding: Value of Statistical Life, Value of Statistical Evacuation and Value of Statistical Injury

Bockarjova, Marija; Rietveld, Piet; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2012

,400). Our estimated indicators are plausible and stay robust throughout various estimations. For flood protection policy in the …

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Scale, Scope and Cognition: Context Analysis of Multiple Stated Choice Experiments on the Values of Life and Limb

Bockarjova, Marija; Rietveld, Piet; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2012

In this paper we use data from an SP study on flood safety in the Netherlands, and elicit individual preferences for …

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Pflichtversicherung gegen Risiken? Hochwasserkatastrophe

Nell, Martin - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 7, pp. 428

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Hochwasserkatastrophe in Deutschland: über Soforthilfen hinausdenken

Schwarze, Reimund; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 69 (2002) 35, pp. 596-600

Die jüngste Hochwasserkatastrophe wirft jenseits der staatlichen und privaten Soforthilfe die Frage nach einer Strategie auf, mit der den Hochwasserrisiken vorausschauend begegnet werden könnte. Dabei steht die Frage im Mittelpunkt, wie in modernen Volkswirtschaften eine planvolle...

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The impact of climate change, sea-storm events and land subsidence in the Adriatic

Teatini, Pietro; Gambolati, Giuseppe - 2000

coastal morphodynamics and the flood risk analysis of the lowland involved. In the study area land may subside due to sediment …

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