Estimating the welfare loss to households from natural disasters in developing countries: a contingent valuation study of flooding in Vietnam
Background: Natural disasters have severe impacts on the health and well-being of affected households. However, we find evidence that official damage cost assessments for floods and other natural disasters in Vietnam, where households have little or no insurance, clearly underestimate the total econ...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Global Health Action |
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| Online Access: | http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/17609/pdf_1 |