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Does green infrastructure work? Precipitation, protected areas, floods and landslides

Robalino, Juan David; Mullan, Katrina; Piaggio, Matías; … - 2023

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … find that shifts in precipitation towards PAs reduce floods significantly. These results were highly robust. We also find …

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Measurement of economic welfare risk and resilience of the Philippine regions

Yonson, Rio; Noy, Ilan - 2018

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Floods and pestilence: diseases in Philippine urban areas

Yonson, Rio - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 2 (2018) 2, pp. 107-135

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Market-based “disaster relief”: Katrina and the casino industry

Walker, Douglas M.; Jackson, John D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 521-530

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect the rebuilding of the casino industry has had on the recovery efforts from Katrina. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses quarterly data from four states affected by Katrina, and a simple OLS model to test the effect the...

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The futile fight against (human) nature: A public choice analysis of the US Army Corps of Engineers – special focus on Hurricane Katrina

Dirmeyer, Jennifer - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 627-638

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss bureaucratic management, over-confidence in scientific theory, information distortion and lack of coordination with particular focus on the post-Hurricane Katrina situation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines efficiency arguments for...

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Does green infrastructure work? : precipitation, protected areas, Floods and Landslides

Robalino, Juan David; Mullan, Katrina; Piaggio, Matías; … - 2023

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Does green infrastructure work? : precipitation, protected areas, floods and landslides

Robalino, Juan David; Mullan, Katrina; Piaggio, Matías; … - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 7 (2023) 3, pp. 457-482

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Taking advantage of disaster: misrepresentation of housing shortage for political gain

Vuk, Vedran - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 603-614

Purpose – The purpose of this paper aims to explore the reports of housing shortages in post-Katrina New Orleans especially for low-income residents in the face of a returning working poor population. Despite the availability of housing vouchers by the New Orleans Housing Authority to any...

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Market‐based “disaster relief”: Katrina and the casino industry

Walker, Douglas M.; Jackson, John D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) 7, pp. 521-530

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Taking advantage of disaster: misrepresentation of housing shortage for political gain

Vuk, Vedran - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) 8, pp. 603-614

Purpose – The purpose of this paper aims to explore the reports of housing shortages in post‐Katrina New Orleans especially for low‐income residents in the face of a returning working poor population. Despite the availability of housing vouchers by the New Orleans Housing Authority to any...

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