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A multi-objective dynamic resource allocation model for search and rescue and first aid tasks in disaster response by employing volunteers

Kapukaya, Emine Nisa; Satoglu, Sule Itir - 2025

Background: Each disaster has its specific resource requirements, varying based on its size, location, and the affected region's socio-economic level. Pre-disaster planning and post-disaster dynamic resource allocation including material and human resources is essential. Methods: To address the...

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Do post-disaster reconstruction investments contribute to improved community well-being?

Kenta, Tanaka - 2025

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The spectacularization of NGOs accountability in disaster situations : evidence from the 2015 Nepal's earthquakes

Adhikari, Pawan; Upadhaya, Bedanand; Dhakal Adhikari, … - 2025

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Misfortune seldom comes alone : evidence from typhoon effects during COVID-19 quarantines in the Philippines

Jin, Yingxue; Nakamuro, Makiko; Sawada, Yasuyuki; … - 2025

This study examines the effect of a typhoon on low-income urban neighborhoods in the Philippines during the coronavirus disease quarantine. Using household panel data, we assess welfare-as measured by psychological distress, food consumption, and human capital investment-exploiting...

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The effect of cyclones on workersʼ mental health

Prieto, Cristhian D.; Grimes, Arthur L.; Noy, Ilan - 2025

Disasters adversely affect mental well-being. However, little is known about their causal effects on diagnosed psychological disorders or the mediating role of earnings. This study uses a Synthetic Difference-in-Differences approach (SDID) to examine Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact on workers’...

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Building business resilience to disasters

Izumi, Yutaro; Nakata, Hiroyuki; Sawada, Yasuyuki; … - 2024

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Climate shocks, cyclones and economic growth : bridging the micro-macro gap

Bakkensen, Laura A.; Barrage, Lint - 2026

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Climate shocks, cyclones, and economic growth : bridging the micro-macro gap

Bakkensen, Laura; Barrage, Lint - 2018

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Climate Shocks, Cyclones, and Economic Growth : Bridging the Micro-Macro Gap

Bakkensen, Laura - 2018

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Climate Shocks, Cyclones, and Economic Growth : Bridging the Micro-Macro Gap

Bakkensen, Laura - 2018

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Heatwaves, coldwaves, floods, and droughts : the short-term impact of extreme weather events on economic activity

Andersson, Malin; Battistini, Niccolò; Bobasu, Alina - 2026

This paper examines the short-term macroeconomic and sectoral effects of extreme weather events in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. We construct novel indicators of extreme temperature and precipitation based on percentile thresholds of long-run historical distributions and estimate their...

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Machine learning for estimating catastrophic health spending in disaster-affected, data-scarce settings

Himaz, Rozana; Salmanidou, Dimitra; Ghaffarian, Saman - 2026

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Fear and neutrality in disaster policy communication : emotion and topic structures from text analysis

Kim, So-yŏng; Kim, Wooje; Feiock, Richard C. - 2026

This study investigates emotional patterns in state government disaster guideline documents using keyword-level emotion analysis and TF-IDF based topic modeling, framing disaster policy communication as an emotional-cognitive dual structure, drawing from Situational Crisis Communication Theory....

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How financial inclusion can make the poor more resilient to extreme weather events

Klapper, Leora - 2026

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Adapting to climate change across Canada

Green, Kenneth - 2026

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Natural hazards and financial activity : evidence from solar storms impact on BTC Mining

Michaēlidēs, Panagiōtēs G.; Prelorentzos, … - 2026

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An optimization model for efficient relocation of hazardous materials and valuable assets during natural disaster warning periods

Al Kalbani, Ali; Gultekin, Hakan; Al-Hinai, Nasr - 2026

Background: Natural disasters can trigger hazardous material (Hazmat) releases and damage valuable assets, increasing human, environmental, and economic losses. Effective predisaster relocation planning is therefore critical but operationally challenging. Methods: This study develops a...

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Resilience in humanitarian logistics : adjusting capacity in the points of distribution in natural disaster areas

Heras-Garrido, Raúl R. J.; Serrato, Marco; … - 2026

Background: The administration and management of humanitarian logistical operations are considered critical factors. The extreme and unexpected nature of events such as natural disasters poses logistical challenges to humanitarian support agencies providing aid to the affected area. These...

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Toward a Standard for Landslide Data : Bridging Gaps in Landslide Susceptibility Modeling and Early Warning Systems

Niyokwiringirwa, Priscilla; Gall, Tjark; Jha, Abhas K. - 2026

Landslides claim more than 4,000 lives annually and lead to approximately US$20 billion in economic losses. However, landslide hazard, risk assessment, and early warning systems remain constrained by fragmented, inconsistent, and incomplete data. This study addresses the global data gap by...

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Tajikistan Country Evaluation : Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

2026

This evaluation assesses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) support to Tajikistan over 2015-2024. Tajikistan is highly vulnerable to disasters caused by natural hazards and to climate change due to its topography and limited adaptive capacity. GFDRR has approved 13...

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Disasters, ambiguity, and crash betas

Meyerheim, Gerrit - 2026 - Original Version: October 2025, This Version: March 2026

This paper develops a tractable consumption-based asset-pricing model in an i.i.d. economy that combines rare consumption disasters with ambiguity aversion implemented as a one-period entropic tilt under CRRA utility. Closed-form expressions for the risk-free rate, equity return moments, and the...

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Decentralising environmental public spending : from political platforms to actual policies in the EU countries

Lanterna, Federica; Marin, Giovanni; Sacchi, Agnese - 2026

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Decentralising environmental public spending : from political platforms to actual policies in the EU countries

Lanterna, Federica; Marin, Giovanni; Sacchi, Agnese - 2026

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Funding resilience or missing the mark? : an analysis of RRF allocation and climate risk alignment in Italian municipalities

Breglia, Giulio; D'Angeli, Mariagrazia; Gazzellone, Giacomo - 2026

Natural hazards are an increasing concern, placing disaster preparedness and mitigation at the forefront of policy agendas. In this context, Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) has allocated €3 billion for explicit disaster prevention, with a primary focus on hydrogeological risks...

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Germany : The Economic Case for Investing in Disaster Preparedness and Resilience

2026

This report presents a strong economic case for investing in disaster and emergency preparedness. Specifically, this report aims to help policymakers identify and prioritize the most urgent and cost-effective opportunities to bolster the country’s resilience, thereby improving preparedness not...

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Climate risks in motorsport : setting boundary conditions in Formula 1

Orr, Madeleine; Kellison, Timothy B.; Ross, Walker J.; … - 2026

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How natural disasters spread conflict

Amarasinghe, Ashani; Raschky, Paul A.; Zenou, Yves; … - 2026

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Climate change, catastrophes, insurance and the macroeconomy

Giuzio, Margherita; Rousová, Linda; Kapadia, Sujit; … - 2026

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Climate change, catastrophes, insurance and the macroeconomy

Giuzio, Margherita; Rousová, Linda; Kapadia, Sujit; … - 2026

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Stress discounting

Cherbonnier, Frédéric; Gollier, Christian; Pommeret, Aude - 2025

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Stress discounting

Cherbonnier, Frédéric; Gollier, Christian; Pommeret, Aude - 2026

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Natural disasters and child labor in Brazil

Santos, Priscila S. dos; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia; … - 2026

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Charity hazard in climate adaptation : the effect of anticipatory cash transfers on demand for weather insurance

Roeckert, Julian; Mogge, Lukas; Fluhrer, Svenja; … - 2026

This study examines whether receiving anticipatory cash transfers during an extreme winter affects households’ demand for index-based livestock insurance. We exploit a randomized field experiment conducted during the 2020/21 winter disaster in western Mongolia and combine household panel...

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The labor market in times of natural disaster : unequal impacts of Türkiye's 2023 earthquakes

Akarsu, Okan; Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Çıraklı, … - 2026

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Defocusing disasters? : climate shocks and the attention-policy translation failure

Galanis, Giorgos; Ricchiuti, Giorgio; Tippet, Ben - 2026

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Can't shake it off : earthquakes and social cohesion in Italy

Denti, Daria; Faggian, Alessandra; Modica, Marco; Noy, Ilan - 2026

Do earthquakes strengthen social cohesion or undermine it? While some theories suggest they strengthen social bonds, others suggest they lead to social disintegration. We add to the limited causal evidence on this phenomenon using the 2012 Northern Italy earthquake, and exploit a unique dataset...

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Disaster Risk Management Financing in India Review

2026

This report provides a comprehensive review of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) financing in India, with the aim of informing the deliberations of the Sixteenth Finance Commission (SFC). India's geographic and climatic diversity makes effective DRM financing critical to safeguarding communities,...

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Unlocking Nature for Disaster Resilience : A Policy Guide to Enable Nature-Based Solutions

2026

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help countries facing complex climate-related challenges to address disaster risks while providing important socioeconomic benefits. This guide focuses on NBS for climate resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR). As such, traditional conservation and...

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Restoring the Princess : A Case Study in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience from the Sint Maarten Airport Terminal Reconstruction

Lunsford, Mark; Harada, Tatsuo; Moody, Joanna; Shah, Rohan - 2026

The reconstruction of Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) in Sint Maarten represents one of the most comprehensive airport disaster recovery efforts in recent history. When Category 5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the terminal in September 2017, they threatened the economic...

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Financial Protection Against Catastrophic Risks : Floods, Fires and Other Major Risks

2026

Increasing damages and losses from large-scale catastrophe risks such as natural hazards and cyber attacks are impacting the availability of affordable insurance coverage. This is forcing governments to increase their focus on addressing the resulting protection gaps. This report aims to support...

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Building resilience through disaster risk management in intermediary cities

2026

Natural disasters and extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity globally. Local governments, including intermediary cities, are on the frontline of disaster risk management. Increasing their resilience is critical to protect lives and support economic development. This is...

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Housing supply, property insurance, and exposure to wildfire risk

Ospital, Augusto - 2026

In the past two decades, about half of the new homes in the United States were built in areas at risk of natural hazards. Why is residential development exposed to such risk? I argue that regulated property-insurance pricing and land-use regulations contribute to this pattern. I study this...

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Housing supply, property insurance, and exposure to wildfire risk

Ospital, Augusto - 2026

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A first step toward a CAT model framework : an ODE-based risk analysis of urban floods triggered by meteorological events

Curioso, Beatriz A.; Esquível, Manuel L.; Guerreiro, … - 2026

This paper presents a physics-based hazard model for catastrophe (CAT) modelling of urban flood risk-a first step toward a complete CAT modelling framework. We introduce a linear second-order ordinary differential equation (ODE) system to simulate the underlying mechanisms of water accumulation,...

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Shock next door : geographic spillovers in FinTech lending after natural disasters

Lee, David Kuo Chuen; Weibiao, Xu; Shi, Jianzheng; Wang, Yue - 2026

We examine geographic spillovers in digital credit markets by studying how natural disasters affect borrowing behavior in adjacent, physically undamaged regions. Using granular loan-level data from Indonesia's largest FinTech lender (2021-2023) and leveraging quasi-random variation in disaster...

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When protection fails : disasters and violence against women

Mahmood, Rafat; Maitra, Pushkar - 2026

Natural disasters are a growing global threat, yet their consequences for gender-based violence (GBV) in high-income countries with strong institutional protections remain largely unknown. We address this gap using administrative crime records linked to disaster declarations at the Local...

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Managing Agricultural Credit Risk in the Face of Natural Disasters : Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas

Ono, Toshiaki; Buchenau, Juan; Ndlovu, Qhelile; Xue, Qi - 2026

Climate-related and other natural disasters, such as droughts and floods, have a significant impact on agricultural producers and pose substantial risks and costs to agricultural lenders. This study aims to assess how FIs with a sizable agricultural loan portfolio manage credit risk arising from...

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Nature-Based Solutions in Mountains : Assessing the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia and South Caucasus

2026

This study focuses on six countries in the Central Asia and South Caucasus (CA & SC) regions: Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Their inclusion reflects both the World Bank’s strategic engagement in the region and growing government interest in...

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Who bears the burden of climate inaction?

Clausing, Kimberly A.; Knittel, Christopher R.; … - 2026

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Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction?

Clausing, Kimberly A.; Knittel, Christopher R.; … - 2025

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Narrating the deluge : media and residents diverge in subjective attribution roles following flooding

Soni, Anmol; Treibich, Tania; Comes, Tina; Piccillo, Giulia - 2026

Extreme weather events are increasingly treated as pivotal moments for climate engagement. Yet attribution does not occur in a vacuum. Extreme weather events invite multiple plausible policy-relevant culprits: the hazard as an extreme phenomenon, governance or infrastructure failures, land-use...

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Looking for risk : volatility bounds in macro

Jung, Jiyong; Marin, Emile A. - 2026

We characterize the gap between the equity risk premium (ERP) and its SVIX-implied lower bound as an equilibrium object, increasing in the correlation of valuations and returns, their relative volatility, and risk aversion. Higher risk premia need not be reflected in options-implied volatility....

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Spatial and sociodemographic heterogeneities in climate-related mortality : a systematic literature review

Kaikeaw, Sirinya; Kemp, William; Gualdi, Rosanna; … - 2026

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Strengthening the Linkages Between Disaster Risk Finance and Adaptive Social Protection – Why and How it Matters

World Food Programme - 2026

This policy note builds on the practical and operational experience of the World Bank Group (WBG) and World Food Programme (WFP) to offer an overview of why and how strengthening the linkages between disaster risk finance (DRF) and adaptive social protection (ASP) matters. It is a direct output...

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The unintended consequences of post-disaster policies for spatial sorting

Henkel, Marcel; Kwon, Eunjee; Magontier, Pierre - 2026

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The unintended consequences of post-disaster policies for spatial sorting

Henkel, Marcel; Kwon, Eunjee; Magontier, Pierre - 2022

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Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters

Grabbe, Heather; Keliauskaitė, Ugnė; Lappe, Marie-Sophie - 2026

Climate-related disasters are affecting the public budgets of a number of European Union countries, with government spending replacing low insurance coverage in a context of more frequent and intense extreme weather in the future. The experience of the direct costs from floods and droughts in...

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Natural disasters and fiscal procyclicality

Andrián, Leandro; Galindo Andrade, Arturo José; … - 2026

This paper examines how climate-related natural disasters influence the cyclical stance of fiscal policy across 148 countries between 1980 and 2023. Using a dynamic panel System-GMM framework, we document that while fiscal policy has become increasingly countercyclical in many economies, extreme...

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Trust in flood protection : spillovers from prior experience with nonflood hazards

Antonopoulos, Takis; Jansen, David-Jan - 2026

There is already evidence that experiencing a natural hazard shapes how people subsequently evaluate public protection and risk management. Using three surveys among 2,272 Dutch homeowners, we indeed find that owners confronted with flood-related property damage are 18.2 percentage points (p.p.)...

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