This paper discusses the use and usefulness of social cost-benefit analysis. An analysis of the value of project appraisal under uncertainty is provided.
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resultsThis report represents the first survey on a global scale of adaptive options for coastal areas in response to a possible acceleration of sea level rise and the implications of these options. The report provides general information on options for a range of coastal areas which cover large continental states to small coastal islands.
Post-project appraisals were carried out for flood protection projects completed during 1960–1987 in six locations in England and Wales. The methodology focused on assessing the implications of new hydrological-hydraulic analyses of flood risks, and of urban land use changes.
This practical manual assesses the procedures necessary for protecting vulnerable coastlines against flood, storm, high tide and related environmental damage.
Impacts of road weather service on driving costs; Short-term forecasts: The objective is to improve the monitoring of road weather conditions so that winter maintenance can be carried out systematically and at the right time.
Can the existing and very extensive private sector organizations provide those at risk from climate change with adequate insurance cover? If not, why not? What changes in market institutions might be appropriate in this case? This paper is about these and related questions. In attempting to answer them, we deal with many different aspects of the theory of risk-bearing.
The guideline assesses the impacts of potential climate change and evaluate appropiate adaptations.
In this article, we (i) examine the ways in which erosion reduces soil fertility and crop productivity, (ii) assess the environmental and economic costs of soil erosion, and (iii) compare various agricultural techniques and practices that reduce erosion and help conserve water and soil resources.
The study estimates the economic value of information contained in weather forecasts for the aviation industry known as Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs); and estimates the economic benefits of improving the accuracy of the information.
Natural disasters and project analysis; Risk modified, benefit-cost analysis; empirical issues; disaster mitigation for an agricultural project in St. Lucia.
This paper analyses the relative role of protection and mitigation expenditures within the total costs of climate change induced sea level rise. It derives a rule of thumb to approximate the optimal level of protection. Economic efficiency requires that protection expenditures are designed such that the sum of protection costs plus remaining land loss damage is minimised.
Calculating the average value of public weather services to Sydney households.
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
As part of the IPPC report the report describes the impacts of climate change for coastal areas and small islands. Furthermore, it discusses adaptation reponses.
Analysis of climate change impacts upon water resources has focused primarily on water quantity issues. The impacts upon water quality and water quality management have had little attention.
This paper suggests criteria that can be used to help determine which measures should be implemented in advance of climate change, and of those measures, which should receive the highest priority.
This handbook is designed to provide newcomers to the field of climate impact and adaptation assessment with a guide to available research methods, particularly for answering the first question. The handbook will also serve as a ready reference for many others currently engaged in impacts and adaptation research.
The problem of analyzing a sequence of daily irrigation decisions utilizing weather forecast information is formulated for the case of lettuce grown in central New York state, and solved using a stochastic dynamic programming algorithm.
The economic value of long-range weather prediction is measured by the increase in social welfare arising from the use of the prediction in economic decisionmaking. This paper describes a study of the economic value of ENSO prediction to U.S. agriculture.
The authors develop a bioeconomic model of the coho salmon fishery and derive the value of information from improved El Niño forecasting ability.
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 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.
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 critically reviews the validity of such propositions on the basis of what is known today.
Neither the costs nor the benefits of adaptation to climate change have been systematically studied so far. This paper discusses the extent to which the vast body of literature on climate change impacts can provide insights into the scope and likely cost of adaptation.
Taking it for granted that the purpose of fisheries management is to increase the flow of net economic benefits from the fishing activity, the costs of operating the fisheries management system itself are obviously among those that have to be subtracted to arrive at the net benefits of fishing.
A framework to characterize the value of precipitation forecast information to winter wheat producers in the province of Ontario, Canada, is developed.
The potential damages of climate change and climate variability are dependent upon the responses or adaptations that people make to their changing environment. By adapting the management of resources, the mix and methods of producing goods and services, choices of leisure activities, and other behavior, people can lessen the damages that would otherwise result.