Density and Disasters : Economics of Urban Hazard Risk

• Tác giả: Uwe Deichmann
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 303.48 Causes of change
• Thông tin xuất bản: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 296873
• Chủ đề: 1. capitalization; 2. Economics; 3. externalities; 4. Housing; 5. Housing prices

Tóm tắt

 Today, 370 million people live in cities in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with a high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050 these numbers are likely to more than double, leading to a greater concentration of hazard risk in many of the world's cities. The authors discuss what sets hazard risk in urban areas apart, summarize estimates of valuation of hazard risk, and discuss implications for individual mitigation and public policy. The main conclusions are that urban agglomeration economies change the cost-benefit calculation of hazard mitigation
  that good hazard management is first and foremost good general urban management
  and that the public sector must perform better in promoting market-based risk reduction by generating and disseminating credible information on hazard risk in cities.