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A statistical comparison of flood-related economic damage in Indian states with reflections on policy implications
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Das, Sourav, Sheth, Arshay Nimish, Bansal, Priya, Chuah, Joon and Wasson, Robert (2022) A statistical comparison of flood-related economic damage in Indian states with reflections on policy implications. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 72 . 102835. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102835 ISSN 2212-4209.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102835
Abstract
Economic damage caused by floods in India is a serious problem that has disrupted development and the fight against poverty in some parts of the country. It is therefore important to mitigate the effects of floods as effectively as possible. An analysis of aggregated economic damage in the categories of crops, housing and utilities in six Indian States from 1953 to 2011 is presented using rigorous statistical methods. The main result is that increasing mitigation efforts since Independence have not produced a monotically decreasing long term trend in damage, although the magnitude of reduction cannot be known precisely, based on publicly available data. Andhra Pradesh has the highest total damage followed by Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, and Gujarat. The reasons for this ranking are unclear because the only publicly available proxy for potential damage, has a weak statistical effect. Similarities in damage between some States suggest that inter-State learning may be of value despite differences in hydrology, landscape and economic activity. Despite the deficiencies in the data and its spatial resolution, there is sufficient evidence to inspire new thinking and action about flood mitigation in India, for which District and Taluk level data will be essential.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2212-4209 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 April 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 72 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 102835 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102835 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Free Access (unspecified licence, 'bronze OA') |
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