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The Cost Benefit Analysis on the Swan River Flood Management and Integrated Land Development Project - Phase I & Phase II : Stage I

Rajendran, Srinivasulu - 2013

The Economic Cost Benefit Analysis (ECBA) is a method used by Japan Bank of International Cooperation to measure the economic efficiency of proposed policy changes for Swan River Flood Management and Integrated Land Development Project (SRFM & ILDP). It includes Phase I and Phase II (Part)...

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Flood Hazards : A Case Study of the Floods in Bangladesh, Asia (Presentation Slides)

Lemenkova, Polina - 2019

The presentation describes problem of flooding in Bangladesh: Among the countries that are the worst affected by climate change. Frequent natural disasters, loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic assets, impacts on lives and livelihoods. Floods, tropical cyclones, storm surges and...

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March 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident Impacts on Japanese Agri-Food Sector

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2015

The paper presents findings of a large study on socio-economic impacts of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and …

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Estimations of Flood Waste from Rural Dumpsites Located on Floodplains from Neamţ, County, Romania

Mihai, Florin - 2015

Waste dumping is a serious environmental threat to major rivers from extra- Carpathian Region of Neamţ county in the proximity of villages because the lack of waste collection services. In this context, floodplains are frequently susceptible to such bad practices, these areas being also exposed...

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Expert Assessment on Agri-Food Implications of March 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2015

The March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant accident have had immense impacts on Japanese agri-food sector … presents the results of the experts' assessments on socio-economic impacts of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and the … earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident on agriculture, food industries, and food consumption in different regions of the …

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Urban Flooding and Sustainable Land Management – Polish Perspective

Kundzewicz, Zbigniew - 2014

There have been many events connected with damaging abundance of water in Polish towns in recent decades. Some of them have been caused by flood waves on rivers passing through towns. Others have been caused by intense precipitation overwhelming the capacity of storm sewer systems. A brief...

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Modeling tropical cyclone risk while accounting for climate change and natural infrastructure in the Caribbean

Reguero, Borja G.; Menéndez Fernández, Pelayo; … - 2023

This chapter describes tools and a methodology to model wind and flood risks from tropical storms under present and future climate accounting for natural infrastructure. Wind forcing provide a crucial link to hydrodynamic models that can be used in risk assessments to estimate extent of and...

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Estimating and mapping natural hazards and risk reduction provided by coastal ecosystems

Arkema, Katie; Bailey, Allison; Cerón, Valeria Chávez; … - 2023

We present two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sealevel rise. These analyses were used to inform post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience...

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The effects of climate change in the poorest countries : evidence from the permanent shrinking of Lake Chad

Jedwab, Remi; Haslop, Federico; Zarate, Roman D.; … - 2023

Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate anomalies for causal identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate-driven geographical conditions, i.e. CC as defined by the IPCC (2013), have been studied relatively less, especially in...

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Risk Preferences, Risk Perceptions, and Demand for Flood Insurance

Petrolia, Daniel R. - 2013

We combine household-level data on the choice to purchase flood insurance with experiment-based risk preference data and subjective risk perception data. The sample covers a wide geographic area (the entire U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida's Atlantic Coast) and includes individuals exposed to varying...

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