Natural disasters and labour markets by Kirchberger, M

Financing the reconstruction of public capital after a natural disaster by Bevan, D, Adam, C

“…When a natural disaster destroys public capital, these direct losses are exacerbated by indirect losses arising from reduced output while reconstruction takes place. …”

Weathering the storm: investigating the role of remittances as immediate disaster relief in developing countries by Deyal, Z

“…This paper investigates the impact of natural disasters on remittances in developing countries, which are particularly vulnerable to the immediate and long-term effects of such events. …”

Climatic factors as determinants of international migration by Beine, M, Parsons, C

“…We further find strong evidence that natural disasters beget greater flows of migrants to urban environs.…”

Structural Policies for Shock-Prone Developing Countries. by Collier, P, Goderis, B

“…We study two distinct types of such shocks - large declines in the price of a country’s commodity exports and severe natural disasters - , both of which have occurred frequently in the recent past. …”

Growth and mitigation policies with uncertain climate change by Betschger, L, Vinogradova, A

“…Climate physics predicts that the intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to climate change. …”

Citizen science in community-based watershed management: An institutional analysis in Ethiopia by Nigussie, L, Haile, AT, Gowing, J, Walker, D, Parkin, G

“…<p>Hydrometeorological monitoring can provide the information needed for early warning, and preparing and responding to weather-related natural disasters, thereby supporting development of the agriculture sector.…”

Flooded cities by Rauch, F, Kocornik-Mina, A, McDermott, T, Michaelsor, G

“…We examine this question in the context of floods, which are among the costliest and most common natural disasters. Over the past thirty years, floods worldwide killed more than 500,000 people and displaced over 650,000,000 people. …”

Risk and Reciprocity Over the Mobile Phone Network: Evidence from Rwanda. by Fafchamps, M, Blumenstock, J, Eagle, N

“…We examine a comprehensive database of person-to-person transfers of mobile airtime and find that individuals send this rudimentary form of “mobile money” to friends and family affected by natural disasters. Using the Lake Kivu earthquake of 2008 to identify the effect of a large covariate shock on interpersonal transfers, we estimate that a current-day earthquake would result in the transfer of between $22,000 and $30,000 to individuals living near the epicenter. …”

Secure implementation of smartphone wireless mesh networks by Burton, T

“…Although this may come with costs to performance too high for regular use, it could provide critical communication access when normal infrastructure is not available due to a range of problems, from natural disaster to state censorship. This report looks at the advantages and challenges of building a general purpose mesh network purely from smartphones, but also with a focus on the particular requirements of disaster recovery, and what security properties can be achieved on a network of this type. …”

A realistic perspective on Japan’s LNG Demand after Fukushima by Miyamoto, A, Nakamura, M, Ishiguro, C

“…<p>The earthquake and tsunami which left its toll of destruction and the tragic loss of life on Japan’s eastern seaboard on 11th March 2011 was a natural disaster of the highest order. This working paper addresses methodically and in detail the extent of the impact of the events of 11th March 2011 on Japan’s energy complex and describes how, through higher utilisation of fossil fuel plant and enforced and voluntary demand conservation measures, the country has coped with this unprecedented reduction in generation capacity.…”