Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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