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An analysis of the economic costs of natural disasters in the Philippines - does the natural disaster type matter?

Olsson, Christopher LU (2023) NEKH02 20222
Department of Economics
Abstract
Ranked as the most disaster prone country in the world by the World Risk Index, the people of the Philippines have had their fair share of natural disasters and will probably continue to be affected by them in the future. With the help of The International Disaster Database the purpose of this paper is to analyze if the actual type of natural disaster has an impacct on the total direct economic damages done. I will then continue with an analysis on why this might be the case and then conclude with a discussion about potential areas that could be improved to mitigate these costs in the future using the Disaster Risk Index.
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author
Olsson, Christopher LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH02 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Economic costs, Natural disasters, Philippines, International disaster database, World risk report
language
English
id
9113861
date added to LUP
2023-05-29 12:03:23
date last changed
2023-05-29 12:03:23
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  abstract     = {{Ranked as the most disaster prone country in the world by the World Risk Index, the people of the Philippines have had their fair share of natural disasters and will probably continue to be affected by them in the future. With the help of The International Disaster Database the purpose of this paper is to analyze if the actual type of natural disaster has an impacct on the total direct economic damages done. I will then continue with an analysis on why this might be the case and then conclude with a discussion about potential areas that could be improved to mitigate these costs in the future using the Disaster Risk Index.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Christopher}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{An analysis of the economic costs of natural disasters in the Philippines - does the natural disaster type matter?}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}