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Estimating global damages from sea level rise with the Coastal Impact and Adaptation Model (CIAM)
Diaz, Delavane B. - 2015
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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Thailand's 2011 flooding: Its impact on direct exports and global supply chains
Chongvilaivan, Aekapol - 2012
. Based on the experience of Thailand's flooding in 2011, this study examines the extent to which the supply chain disruptions …
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A vulnerability research framework for the development of early warning systems for floods
Tauzer, Erica; Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J.; de la Cuadra, Telmo - 2017
levels. By analyzing interventions before, during and after flooding events, this generalizable assessment tool provides …
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Kurzarbeit and natural disasters: How effective are short-time working allowances in avoiding unemployment?
Fournier Gabela, Julio G.; Sarmiento, Luis - 2020
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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Impacts of natural disasters on households and small businesses in India
Patankar, Archana - 2019
Extreme precipitation and flooding cause large-scale impacts on people, and are further intensified by rapid …
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Household level effects of flooding: Evidence from Thailand
Ashikbayeva, Zhuldyz; Fürstenberg, Marei; Kapelari, Timo; … - 2020
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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Unintended consequences of "mandatory" flood insurance
Blickle, Kristian; Santos, João A. C. - 2022
We document that the quasi-mandatory U.S. flood insurance program reduces mortgage lending along both the extensive and intensive margins. We measure flood insurance mandates using FEMA flood maps, focusing on the discreet updates to these maps that can be made exogenous to true underlying flood...
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The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation
Kesternich, Martin; Osberghaus, Daniel; Botzen, W. J. Wouter - 2022
Most empirical studies on private climate change adaptation rely on self-reported intentions which often fail to translate into real actions. Consequently, this strand of literature can only insufficiently account for the intention behavior gap (IBG) in climate change adaptation, which...
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Flooded cities
Kocornik-Mina, Adriana; McDermott, Thomas K. J.; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414836
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Impacts of natural disasters on households and small businesses in India
Patankar, Archana - 2019
Extreme precipitation and flooding cause large-scale impacts on people, and are further intensified by rapid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137551