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Impact of natural disaster on public sector corruption

Yamamura, Eiji - 2013

disasters has affected corruption within the public sector. There are a number of new findings from this study. (1) Disaster …, frequency of occurrence of disaster plays important role on increasing corruption. This suggests that foreseeable disasters … increase corruption. In developed countries, people have an incentive to live within disaster-prone areas to seek compensation. …

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An econometric analysis of the demand surge effect

Döhrmann, David; Gürtler, Marc; Hibbeln, Martin - 2013

In case of a natural catastrophe there is an increased demand for skilled labor and materials which in turn leads to significant price increases that should be taken into account in the forecast of catastrophe losses. Such price effects are referred to as "Demand Surge" effects. The paper at...

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Insured loss inflation : how natural catastrophes affect reconstruction costs

Döhrmann, David; Gürtler, Marc; Hibbeln, Martin - 2013 - Last revised: March 6, 2014

In the aftermath of a natural catastrophe, there is increased demand for skilled reconstruction labor, which leads to significant increases in reconstruction labor wages and hence insured losses. Such inflation effects are known as "Demand Surge" effects. It is important for insurance companies...

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An overview of urban vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change in Central America and the Caribbean Region

Gencer, Ebru A. - 2013

different characteristics of vulnerability to natural disasters and thus requires an extensive variety of disaster risk …

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Growth and mitigation policies with uncertain climate damage

Bretschger, Lucas; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2014

Climate physics predicts that the intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to climate change. We present a stochastic model of a growing economy where natural disasters are multiple and random, with damages driven by the economy's polluting activity. We provide a...

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Is disaster risk reduction spending driven by the occurrence of natural disasters? : evidence from Peru

Miller, Sebastián; Vela, Mauricio A. - 2014

This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …

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Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction : success or warning sign for Paris?

Myšiak, Jaroslav; Surminski, Swenja; Thieken, Annegret; … - 2015

In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at … the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …

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Long-term growth effects of natural disasters : empirical evidence for droughts

Berlemann, Michael; Wenzel, Daniela - 2015

The ongoing process of climate change goes along with a higher frequency and/or severity of droughts. While the short-term growth consequences of droughts are comparatively well examined, little research has yet been devoted to the question whether and how droughts affect medium and long-term...

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Improving flood damage assessment models in Italy

Amadio, Mattia; Myšiak, Jaroslav; Carrera, Lorenzo; … - 2015

Flood damage assessments are often based on Stage-Damage Curve (SDC) models that estimate economic damage as a function of flood characteristics, typically flood depths, and land use. SDCs are developed through site-specific analysis but rarely adjusted to economic circumstances in areas to...

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Property damage recovery and coping behavior of households affected by an extreme flood event in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Francisco, Jamil Paolo S. - 2015

flood alarm system, access to safe shelter, membership in a community organization, adoption of disaster …

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