model to the 2000 Po river flood. To account for the uncertainty in the induced effects on regional economies, we explored … losses, and ii) the model is able to capture both positive and negative economic effects of a disaster in different areas of …

common than official flood maps would predict, suggesting that local knowledge may also mitigate disaster impacts. … offsets losses and actually boosts profits at larger banks. Local banks tend to avoid mortgage lending where floods are more …

Federal disaster insurance–in the form of national flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and …

to flood risk in Mumbai. In 2005, Mumbai experienced unprecedented flooding, causing direct economic damages estimated at … consequences of the 2005 floods on the marginalized population reveals the special vulnerability of the poorest, which is not … that total losses to the marginalized population from the 2005 floods could lie around $250 million, which represents a …

fiscal policy and publicly-provided disaster insurance. Our policy conclusions point to the enhanced need to reach and …

questions: 1) How much asset and welfare risks does each region in the Philippines face from riverine flood disasters? 2) How … resilient is each region to riverine flood disasters? and 3) What are the available interventions per region to strengthen … resilience to riverine flood disasters and what will be their measured benefit? We study the 18 regions of the Philippines to …