A risk-based approach was applied for Flanders by calculating the impacts of flood damage at different levels of recurrence, for the base year (2000) and in case of a sea level rise of 60 cm by 2100
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resultsDesigning a long-term flood risk management plan for the Scheldt estuary using a risk-based approach
The paper starts by investigating benefits from early warning systems in Europe, in terms of saved lives and reduced disaster asset losses. It then uses this evaluation to estimate the potential benefits of providing similar services in developing countries.
Natural disasters and project analysis; Risk modified, benefit-cost analysis; empirical issues; disaster mitigation for an agricultural project in St. Lucia.
Detailed evaluation of the costs and benefits of alternative strategies for flood risk management along the Rohini Basin in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, highlight substantial differences in economic returns.
ENSO-related benefits of weather forecasts under alternative agricultural support schemes.
The study considers the actual and potential roles played by climate information in reducing food insecurity in southern Africa
This study presents a cost benefit analysis of two disaster mitigation and preparedness (DMP) interventions in India. The objective of the study is to analyze the net benefits resulting from DMP to assess the cost-effectiveness of such interventions
The report, Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the Disaster Risk Mitigation Measures in Three Islands in the Maldives, is the first study of its kind undertaken in the Maldives. It supports evidence based decision making for national policy makers in the reduction of national disaster risk, while strengthening adaptive capacity in the country.
The study specifically focuses on response and resilience for pastoralists in the face of drought
The overall objective of this scoping study is to gather evidence of existing cooperation amongst the suppliers and users of climate risk information in South Asia, and to identify opportunities for strengthening future data demand and coordination for climate change adaptation and development planning.
The report considered the role of development in exposure and vulnerability, the implications for disaster risk and DRM, and the interactions between extreme events, extreme impacts, and development. It examined how human responses to extreme events and disasters could contribute to adaptation objectives, and how adaptation to climate change could become better integrated with DRM practice.
This Analytical Brief serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the United Nations system.
In this new, updated version of his earlier book, Project Appraisal for Developing Countries, Robert Brent provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to recent developments in project appraisal.
The principal purpose is to examine the benefits of flood mitigation activities.
The report shows the reviews of the main methodologies used for cost benefit analyses of disaster prevention projects and selected one to apply to Philippines as a case study.
As this report shows, activities to reduce disaster risk as implemented under the Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) programme between 2005 and 2011 by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) bear merit, as they generated a positive impact on programme communities.
Showing that business and industry can assess the risks that threaten their operations, identify measures to address the risks, and implement the measures before a disaster occurs.
This paper examines the benefits and costs of improving or retrofitting residential structures in highly exposed low- and middle-income developing countries such that they are less vulnerable to hazards during their lifetime
The 10th World Disasters Report looks at how to reduce the risks that natural disasters pose to vulnerable communities around the world.
The appraisal of economic efficiency of selected adaptation options to extreme climate-related event risks of the DFID development assistance portfolio in Bangladesh via Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA).
This research introduces quantitative, stochastic CBA frameworks and applies them in case studies of flood and drought risk reduction in India and Pakistan, while also incorporating projected climate change impacts. DRM interventions are shown to be economically efficient, with integrated approaches more cost-effective and robust than singular interventions.
The main objective of the book is to establish a platform to provide information on the costs caused by disasters and the costs and benefits of disaster risk management focusing on ex-ante risk financing measures taken governments in developing countries.
This manual informs about the potential and applicability of CBA for natural disaster management in developing countries for a context with often little data and resources. The manual involved desk-based research as well as project visits to Peru and Indonesia in order to test and outline the feasibility of CBA in different contexts.
This working paper discusses key methodological aspects and findings from CBA of DRM strategies in a detailed case study in Uttar Pradesh, India (Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 5). It also provides a backdrop for other case studies carried out under the Risk to Resilience project.
This study shows that money spent on reducing the risk of natural hazards is a sound investment. On average, a dollar spent by FEMA on hazard mitigation (actions to reduce disaster losses) saves the nation about $4 in future benefits.
This paper reviews the status of weather and climate services in Europe and Central Asia.
The report underscores the urgent need to strengthen National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, especially those in developing countries, and provides cost-benefit estimates of the return that countries can hope to achieve.
This paper is an attempt to provide some considerations for conservation practitioners as they design conservation strategies for mangroves.
The overall objective of the project is to assist the Government of Romania in reducing the environmental, social, and economic vulnerability to natural disasters and catastrophic mining accidental spills of pollutants.
The objective of the Flood Projection Project is to improve the security of economic assets and persons living in flood-prone areas by constructing defense facilities to reduce future losses due to floods, and by strengthening national and provincial institutions and systems for dealing with future floods as a next phase after the Flood Rehabilitation Project to restore the assets lost in the r