What Causes Economic Losses from Natural Disasters in India?

2016 ◽  
pp. 157-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati ◽  
Unmesh Patnaik ◽  
P. K. Viswanathan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Damage Costs ◽  
Major Disaster ◽  
Natural Climate ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Cyclonic Storms ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The reported economic losses due to natural disasters show an increasing trend over time for India. This is due to the influence of three factors: bio-physical drivers, exposure and vulnerability. Normalising the influence of exposure and vulnerability of socio-economic factors, this chapter potentially detects the influence of climate, caused by natural climate variability as well as anthropogenic climate change, in determining the damages from natural disasters. It analyses the trends in both the reported and normalised economic losses from natural disasters in India during 1964 and 2012. Similar analysis is also carried out for a subset of major disaster events like cyclonic storms and floods. No significant trend is found either for the normalised damage costs from natural disasters or for individual extreme events like floods and cyclonic storms. The findings suggest that the increases in damage costs is due to higher exposure and vulnerability of the socio-economic conditions of those affected, and recommends for additional investments on infrastructure to strengthen the adaptive capacity of the vulnerable sections with respect to the socio-economic factors.

scholarly journals SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS IN PURCHASING A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF FOOD. ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF POLISH MICRODATA

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Dudek
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Binary Choice ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Binary Choice Models ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The paper analyses subjective aspects of food poverty in Poland. It deals with households’ assessment of financial difficulties in purchasing a sufficient amount of food in the period 2009–2015. The study is based on Social Diagnosis data. Its purpose is to identify the socio-economic factors affecting financial distress among Polish households. The study also aims to test whether the probability of experiencing financial difficulties is persistent over time. In econometric analysis binary choice models for panel data are applied. The findings state that apart from equivalent incomes and owned savings, loans or debts, factors having a significant impact on the final results are places of residence and biological types of households.

scholarly journals Institutions and the losses from natural disasters

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Raschky
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Natural Process ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Hazard Management ◽  
Human Economic Activity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Abstract. Natural hazards can be seen as a function of a specific natural process and human (economic) activity. Whereby the bulk of literature on natural hazard management has its focus on the natural process, an increasing number of scholars is emphasizing the importance of human activity in this context. Existing literature has identified certain socio-economic factors that determine the impact of natural disasters on society. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the effects of the institutional framework that influences human behavior by setting incentives and to point out the importance of institutional vulnerability. Results from an empirical investigation of large scale natural disasters between 1984 and 2004 show that countries with better institutions experience less victims and lower economic losses from natural disasters. In addition, the results suggest a non-linear relationship between economic development and economic disaster losses. The suggestions in this paper have implications for the discussion on how to deal with the adverse effects of natural hazards and how to develop efficient adaption strategies.

Windstorm and storm surges in Europe: loss trends and possible counter-actions from the viewpoint of an international reinsurer

2005 ◽  
Vol 363 (1831) ◽  
pp. 1431-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Berz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Design Code ◽  
The World

Windstorm disasters (including storm surges) account for about one-third of all natural disasters throughout the world (by number, fatalities and economic losses), but for more than two-thirds of the corresponding insured losses. Trend analyses reveal that major windstorm disasters and the losses generated by them have increased drastically in recent decades. Risk partnership between the state, the affected population and the insurance industry assumes a key role with regard to the windstorm hazard. Scientists, engineers and insurers must work together in formulating their requirements and shaping them in such a way that politicians can derive clearly recognizable policy options (e.g. land-use, restrictions, design-code adjustments) from them. Another important aspect is stepping up the efforts being made towards curbing climate change, which will, otherwise, exacerbate the risk in the future.

Changing Susceptibility to Temperature over Time and the Associated Climate, Demographic and Socio-Economic Factors in Japan for 1972 – 2012

2018 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 770
Author(s):  
Yeonseung Chung ◽  
Daewon Yang ◽  
Antonio Gasparrini ◽  
Ana Vicedo-Cabrera ◽  
Chris Fook Sheng Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Factors ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

scholarly journals HOUSEHOLD SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF AGRO-ADVISORY DISSEMINATION PATHWAYS IN SEMI-ARID AREAS OF KENYA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debrah Onyango ◽  
Hezron Mogaka ◽  
Samuel Njiri Ndirangu ◽  
Kwena Kizito
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Arid Areas ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

This work covers the dissemination of climate change adaptation information in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya with the aim of improving the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers through dissemination of well package technologies referred to as agro-advisories.

scholarly journals Conceptualizations of suicide through time and socio-economic factors: a historical mini-review

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Solano ◽  
E. Pizzorno ◽  
M. Pompili ◽  
G. Serafini ◽  
M. Amore
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Accurate Analysis ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
The Past ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

ObjectivesSuicide is a complex phenomenon determined by the interplay of an articulated network of factors including socio-economic factors which have a decisive role. This paper investigates the development of the modern conceptualization of suicide in Europe, its sociological understandings and its intertwinement with economic cycles throughout time.MethodsMEDLINE, SCHOLAR, EMBASE using the keywords ‘socioeconomic factors AND suicide’; ‘economic cycles AND suicide’; ‘history AND suicide’ without timeframe limitations. Moreover, journal-by-journal search in journals of related areas was performed.ResultsIn total, 51 historical studies focusing on the subjects in European countries were included. Three main areas arose: (a) development of the conceptualization of suicide over time; (b) sociological understandings of suicide according to the structure of society and its economy of power; (c) economic theories explaining the intertwinement of economic cycles and suicides.ConclusionsSuicide is a deeply human phenomenon inescapably linked to and grounded in society and economic cycles. Understandings from the past show the importance of accurate analysis of socio-economic contexts that shape societies together with man’s own sense of self in order to organize multi-layered tangible and intangible support strategies to better understand and prevent suicide in this day and age.

scholarly journals Expanding within flexible housing for growing families in urban neighbouthood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Hoon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Housing Demand ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Future Change ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Urban Core ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Urbanized Areas ◽  
Housing Needs ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Two- thirds of the world’s population will be living in urbanized areas by 2050. The response to this trend in housing demand has been intensification of the urban core, or sprawl. However, this solution addresses only current conditions and does not allow for future change. People’s housing needs are greatly influenced by their stages of life and by socio-economic factors that are constantly changing over time. However, most housing offers unchanging physical environments. Therefore, there is a conflict the between dynamic nature of people’s lifestyle and their dwellings. Living in a fast-paced society where change is inevitable, how can we design future housing that responds to the evolving needs and desires of diverse households throughout their life cycle? This thesis argues that homes should not be designed with a single purpose. Instead, they must be flexible and open-ended, and lend themselves conveniently to transform.

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