Confronting natural disasters

Natural Disasters

Epidemics after Natural Disasters

The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics. However, the risk factors for outbreaks after disasters are associated primarily with population displacement. T...

poverty and natural disasters

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Cancer care during natural disasters.

W hen natural disasters occur, everyone is focused on survival. But for cancer patients, this challenge is all the more arduous — because hospitals and other health care infrastructures may be destroyed, wiping out their medical records, and both physicians and patients may be forced to flee. “Cancer patients are especially susceptible to the disruptions that natural disasters can cause,” said ...

Disasters and Development: Natural Disasters, Credit Constraints and Economic Growth

We demonstrate, using a simple two-period equilibrium model of the economy, the potential effects of extreme event occurrences such as natural or humanitarian disasters on economic growth over the mediumto long-term. In particular, we focus on the effect of such shocks on investment. We examine two polar cases; an unconstrained economy where agents have access to perfect capital markets, versus...