Can We Rely on VIIRS Nightlights to Estimate the Short-Term Impacts of Natural Disasters ? (English)

Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) nightlights are used to model damage caused by earthquakes, floods, and typhoons in five Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). The data are used to examine the extent to which for each type of hazard there is a difference in nightlight intensity between affected and nonaffected cells based on (i) case studies of specific disasters, and (ii) fixed effect...

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Skoufias,Emmanuel;

Strobl,Eric;

Tveit,Thomas Breivik;
Document Date
2019/10/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9052
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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Thailand, Philippines, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Indonesia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2019/10/31
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Can We Rely on VIIRS Nightlights to Estimate the Short-Term Impacts of Natural Disasters ?

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Skoufias,Emmanuel; Strobl,Eric; Tveit,Thomas Breivik.

Can We Rely on VIIRS Nightlights to Estimate the Short-Term Impacts of Natural Disasters ? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9052 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/757621572539847894

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