A cost effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries : hydro-meteorological services, early warning, and evacuation (English)

In Europe, it can be estimated that hydro-meteorological information and early warning systems save several hundreds of lives per year, avoid between 460 million and 2.7 billion Euros of disaster asset losses per year, and produce between 3.4 and 34 billion of additional benefits per year through the optimization of economic production in weather-sensitive sectors (agriculture, energy, etc.). The potential for similar benefits in the developing world...

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Hallegatte,Stephane;
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2012/05/01
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WPS6058
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2012/05/01
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Disclosed
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A cost effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries : hydro-meteorological services, early warning, and evacuation
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early warning

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Hallegatte,Stephane.

A cost effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries : hydro-meteorological services, early warning, and evacuation (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6058 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/190261468181486694

A cost effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries : hydro-meteorological services, early warning, and evacuation (English)

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