Foreword : Margareta Wahlstrom, Assistant Secretary General, United
Nations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Frequency and Impact of Natural Disasters. Hoyois et
al.
Chapter 2: The Inter-Linkages between Natural Disasters and
Economic Development. Ajay Chhibber and Rachid Laajaj.
Chapter 3: The Impacts of Natural Disasters and the Economic
Benefits of Preventing them: Methods and Applications. Ståle Navrud
and Kristin Magnussen.
Chapter 4: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Disaster Risk Management and
Climate Adaptation: the Case of Bangladesh. Reinhard Mechler and
Nabiul Islam.
Chapter 5: Challenges Ahead: Risk Management and Cost-Benefit
Analysis in a Changing Climate. Stéphane Hallegatte.
Chapter 6: Natural Disasters and the Insurance Industry. Angelika
Wirtz.
Chapter 7: Natural Disaster Mitigation Policies. Ricardo
Zapata-Marti.
Chapter 8: Natural Disasters in Vietnam: a Synthesis from a
Socio-economic Perspective. Tran Huu Tuan and Bui Dung The.
Chapter 9: Natural Disaster Mitigation in West Bengal. Debesh
Chakraborty et al.
Chapter 10: How do Households Manage the Effects of Natural
Disasters? The Role of Inter-household Transfers in Nicaragua.
Indhira Santos.
Chapter 11: The Economic Impact of Earthquakes on Households:
Evidence from Japan. Yasuyuki Sawada.
Chapter 12: Urban and Non-agricultural Impacts of Flooding and
their Assessments: the Case of Bangladesh. K.M. Nabiul Islam.
Chapter 13: The Economics of Flood Disaster Management in the
Netherlands. Roy Brouwer and Marije Schaafsma.
Conclusion
Debarati Guha-Sapir is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for
Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and Professor at
University of Louvain School of Public Health, Brussels.
Indhira Santos is a member of The World Bank.
Alexandre Borde is the Managing Director of Carbonium, a climate
change and carbon finance consulting company based in Paris,
France.
"Major points the editors of this excellent volume make are how
little people understand about how to evaluate natural disasters
and how much more research needs to be done. One theme laced
throughout this fine collection of scholarly articles concerns the
devastating impact that natural disasters have on the poorest
members of a society. Having assembled 'varied expertise' from many
different countries, the editors' intent is to 'improve our
management of
natural disasters.' Highly recommended."CHOICE
"This highly valuable publication for researchers, academics,
experts, and policy professionals addresses the short and long term
economic effects of natural disasters. The book clearly
demonstrates various approaches towards measuring such impacts at
both macroeconomic and microeconomic levels and discusses ways of
reducing risks and increasing resilience."--Peter Höppe, Head of
Geo Risks Research/Corporate Climate Centre, Munich RE
"Understanding the risks and impacts of natural disasters is
critical for the insurance industry, as well as production and
global trade, as recent events in Japan and Thailand have shown.
This book provides our sector and other industries with valuable
insights and analyses from different socioeconomic and business
perspectives. Definitely a recommended read."--Michael Kainzbauer,
CEO and Managing Director, Toyota Insurance Management Europe
"This book, designed and written as a reference text on both the
theory and practice of the economics of natural disasters, provides
an up-to-date account of many of the most relevant issues on the
topic for both developed and developing countries. It comes at the
right time to fill a gap in the literature on disasters. For
policy-makers, students, and the public interested in natural
disasters, including those that might be related to climate change,
it is a
must-read."--Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-chair of the
Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange and Professor, Université
Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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