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Extreme precipitation and flooding cause large-scale impacts on people, and are further intensified by rapid …
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The costs of coastal sector impacts from sea level rise (SLR) are an important component of the total projected economic damages of climate change, a major input to decision-making and design of climate policy. Moreover, the ultimate costs to coastal resources will depend strongly on adaptation,...
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levels. By analyzing interventions before, during and after flooding events, this generalizable assessment tool provides …
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, little is known about how flooding disrupts transportation systems in urban areas in developing country cities, despite these … natural disasters occurring frequently. This study documents the channels through which regular flooding in Kinshasa, the …
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This thesis studies the impacts of flooding on income and expenditures of rural households in northeast Thailand. It … village level to identify the causal impacts of flooding on households. Two objective measures for flood intensities are … absolute levels of flooding, deviations from median flood exposure are driving negative effects on households. This indicates a …
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There is substantial evidence on the effectiveness of short-time work on reducing unemployment. However, no study looks at its role during natural disasters. This article exploits the exogenous nature of the 2013 European floods to assess if the impact depends on the quality of the short-time...
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