AN ANALYSIS OF EXPOSURE RISK TO EXTREME EVENTS IN NATURE

Lopamudra Banerjee

Chapter 4 in Economics of Natural Disasters, 2018, pp 85-118 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This chapter studies the common factors that determine people’s susceptibility to extreme natural events, and explores how geographic hazards and social conditions determine the chance of disaster exposure. On analyzing datasets from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Tanzania, the chapter finds that, while a household’s chance of experiencing exposure depend on the type of hazard (viz., flood, drought, volcano and tsunami) and its level (viz., low to high), certain common social factors that determine the household’s everyday living conditions (viz., occupational mode, household size, and regional poverty), also, determine its susceptibility in exceptional times of disasters.

Keywords: Environmental Economics; Damages; Evaluation; Country Studies; Eartquakes; Tsunamis; Cost Benefit Analysis; Resilience; Sustainablitiy; Landslides; Floods; Volcanic Eruptions; Monsoons; Catastrophic Risk Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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