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Rules rather than discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Kunreuther, Howard; Pauly, Mark - In: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 33 (2006) 1, pp. 101-116
. The lack of interest in insurance protection and mitigation by property owners and by public sector agencies prior to a …
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Natural hazard risk in the case of an emergency: the real options’ approach
Gaudard, Ludovic; Romerio, Franco - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 473-488
In the case of an emergency provoked by a natural event, decision makers should (1) acquire a comprehensive understanding of the current dynamics and (2) take the optimal decision based on the information available at that moment. Scientists should provide the key inputs to decision makers, as...
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Raided by the storm: How three decades of thunderstorms shaped U.S. incomes and wages
Coronese, Matteo; Crippa, Federico; Lamperti, Francesco; … - 2023
Climate change is increasingly affecting the macroeconomic performance of countries and regions. However, the effects on income inequality are less understood. We estimate the dynamic impact of thunderstorms on income and wages and reveal a robust asymmetric effect. We leverage a comprehensive...
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Climate-Related Hazards and Internal Migration Empirical Evidence for Rural Vietnam
Berlemann, Michael; Tran, Thi Xuyen - In: Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 4 (2020) 2, pp. 385-409
In this paper we employ commune-level data from Vietnam to study whether three types of natural disasters have an impact on emigration figures. We thereby distinguish between temporary and permanent emigration and also differentiate between the effects of recently occurring disaster events and...
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Modelling community response and perception to natural Hazards: Lessons learnt from hurricane Lenny 1999
Jessamy, Valma R.; Turner, R. Kerry - 2003
In this study a systems approach is used to evaluate community responses and perceptions to natural hazards following Hurricane Lenny, which impacted the entire Eastern Caribbean between 17th and 20th November, 1999. Drawing on disaster evidence from various researchers a conceptual framework is...
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An empirical investigation of the enablers in humanitarian supply chain management in India : a case study
Kabra, Gaurav; Ramesh, A. - In: Journal of advances in management research : JAMR 12 (2015) 1, pp. 30-42
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Uncertainty of governmental relief and the crowding out of flood insurance
Raschky, Paul A.; Schwarze, Reimund; Schwindt, Manijeh; … - In: Environmental & resource economics : the official … 54 (2013) 2, pp. 179-200
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The great North Sea flood of 1953, the Deltaworks and the spatial distribution of people
Husby, Trond Grytli; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Hofkes, … - 2013
flood that hit the Netherlands in 1953 and from the mitigation measures that followed it.A dynamic difference … mitigation efforts, gathered under the Deltaworks Programme, are on the other hand found to have had positive effects that are … fundamentals. The results also suggest that the combined long term effect of the flood in 1953 and the mitigation measures that …
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Do natural hazards in the Gulf Coast still matter for state-level natural gas prices in the US? : Evidence after the shale gas boom
Huang, Kuan-Ming; Etienne, Xiaoli Liao - In: Energy economics 98 (2021), pp. 1-23
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Assessing perceived driving difficulties under emergency evacuation for vulnerable population groups
Abioye, Olumide F.; Dulebenets, Maxim A.; Ozguven, Eren … - In: Socio-economic planning sciences : the international … 72 (2020), pp. 1-17
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