Normalizing economic loss from natural disasters: A global analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Neumayer, Eric ^a   Barthel, Fabian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Damage; Disasters; Normalization methodology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 78751701438     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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