Holdings: Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks

Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks

Benefit-cost analyses of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects are an important tool for evaluating the efficiency of such projects, and an important input into decision making. These analyses, however, often fail to monetize the benefits of redu...

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Main Authors:	L. Cropper, Maureen, Sahin, Sebnem
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCIDENTAL DEATH AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ANXIETY AUTOMOBILE BICYCLE HELMETS BICYCLE SAFETY BLOOD VESSELS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BURNS CAR CARDIAC ARREST CASUALTIES CERVICAL SPINE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS COMMUTERS COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONTINGENT VALUATION COST ANALYSES COST ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CRASH COSTS CRED DAMAGES DAT DATABASE DEATH RATE DEATH TOLL DECISION MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT DISABILITIES DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECTS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER TYPE DISASTERS DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISCOUNTED VALUE DROUGHTS DROWNING EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY ROOM EMERGENCY SERVICES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPIDEMIOLOGY EVACUATION EXPECTED UTILITY EXPECTED VALUE FATAL INJURIES FATAL INJURY FATALITIES FATALITY FLOOD FLOODS FORECASTS FRACTURES GDP HEALTH RISKS HIGHWAY HUMAN CAPITAL HURRICANE HURRICANES INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURED PERSONS INJURIES INJURY INJURY PREVENTION INJURY RISK INJURY SCALE INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND USE LANDSLIDES LEISURE LIFE EXPECTANCY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL UTILITY MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTORISTS NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NEGOTIATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POLLUTION PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS QUALITY OF LIFE REPLACEMENT COSTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK ANALYSIS RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTS RISK NEUTRAL RISK REDUCTIONS ROAD ROAD SAFETY ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY SAFETY DEVICE SAFETY HELMETS SAFETY REGULATIONS SANITATION STORM STORMS TOLL TOTAL COSTS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRAFFIC CRASHES TRAFFIC INJURIES TRAFFIC SAFETY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TRUE TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VALUATION VEHICLES VOLCANOES WAGES WEALTH WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WOUNDS WTP
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