Handbook on the economics of disasters

edited by Mark Skidmore (professor of economics/Morris chair in state and local government finance and policy, department of agricultural, food, and resource economics/department of economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, US)

"Evaluating the myriad dimensions of how disasters can affect economic activity and decision-making, this cutting-edge Handbook presents a timely analysis of the conditions that reduce or exacerbate disaster impacts. Addressing developments in research on disaster economics, internationally recognized scholars explore the role of both the private and public sectors in managing and mitigating disasters. Chapters discuss important theoretical considerations in the evaluation of the impacts of disasters on economic activity, including the behavioral consequences, biases and heuristics, and risk preferences. Delving deeper into disaster economics, the Handbook then presents empirical methods and applications used in modelling disaster impact evaluation, with research focusing on impacts on economic growth, government fiscal and social conditions, well-being, and migration. Informed by the latest research on the economics of pandemics, the Handbook concludes by presenting novel approaches to evaluating and improving risk management, resilience, recovery and adaptability in the face of disasters. A valuable resource for conducting research, this Handbook will prove vital to students and scholars of developmental and environmental economics. Providing a broad range of guidance from disaster response experts, it will also prove useful to practitioners and policymakers concerned with the economics of disasters"--

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Year of publication:	2022
Other Persons:	Skidmore, Mark (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Katastrophe \| Disaster \| Katastrophenschaden \| Disaster damage \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Soziale Folgen \| Social impact \| Katastrophenschutz \| Emergency management \| Risikomanagement \| Risk management \| Coping-Strategie \| Coping strategy \| Theorie \| Theory
Published items:	21 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (514 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung ; Handbuch ; Handbook
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: 1. Introduction to the handbook on the economics of disasters / Mark Skidmore -- 2. A taxonomy of natural disasters / Mark Skidmore -- Part I. Theoretical considerations in evaluating disaster impacts -- 3. A few good models for economic analysis of disasters: can your model handle the truth? / Yasuhide Okuyama -- 4. Behavioral economic consequences of disasters / Adam Rose -- 5. The role of biases and heuristics in addressing natural disasters / Howard Kunreuther and Wouter Botzen -- 6. Risk preferences and natural disasters: A review of theoretical and empirical themes / Laura Bakkensen and Marc N. Conte -- Part II. Evaluation of disaster consequences section i economic impacts -- 7. Economic consequences of pre-covid-19 epidemics: A literature review / Ilan Noy and Tomás Uher -- 8. Natural disasters and economic growth: Revisiting the evidence / Jesús Crespo Cuaresma -- 9. The impact of natural disasters on economic growth / Eduardo A. Cavallo, Oscar Becerra and Laura Acevedo -- 10. Assessing the impact of natural disasters on industry gross domestic product in the United States / Monica Escaleras, Anand Jha and Christopher J. Boudreaux -- 11. The fiscal consequences of natural disasters / Tatyana Deryugina -- Section ii. Social impacts -- 12. Natural disasters and self-reported well-being: A review of the literature / Michael Berlemann and Marina Eurich -- 13. Preferences, behavior, and welfare outcomes against disasters: A review / Yasuyuki Sawada -- 14. Effect of major disasters on geographic mobility intentions: the case of the fukushima nuclear accident / Eiji Yamamura, Chisako Yamane, Shoko Yamane and Yoshiro Tsutsui -- Part III. Risk management, resiliency and vulnerability -- Section i. Insurance -- 15. The role of insurance in integrated disaster risk management with a focus on how insurance can support climate adaptation and disaster resilience / Swenja Surminski -- 16. Supplying insurance for natural disasters: A retrospective study of property insurer strategies / Patricia H. Born and J. Bradley Karl -- Section ii. Risk assessment and reduction -- 17. Expanded disaster risk assessment using agent-based modeling: a case study on floods in sri lanka / Brian Walsh and Stéphane Hallegatte -- 18. Using weather modification to subdue severe weather / Scott Knowles and Mark Skidmore -- Section iii. Resilience and vulnerability -- 19. Advances in the empirical estimation of disaster resilience / Noah Dormady, Adam Rose and C. Blain Morin -- 20. State capacity and vulnerability to natural disasters / Richard S. J. Tol -- Section iv. Recovery and response -- 21. Small business recovery: Lessons from hurricane katrina and the covid-19 pandemic / Maria I. Marshall, Bhagyashree Katare and Corinne B. Valdivia -- 22. Disaster challenges and entrepreneurial responses / Virgil Henry Storr, Stefanie Haeffele and Alexander W. Craig -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-83910-373-5 ; 978-1-83910-372-8
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781839103735 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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