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Three Feet Under: The Impact of Floods on Urban Jobs, Connectivity, and Infrastructure

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dc.contributor.authorBraese, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorRentschler, Jun
dc.contributor.authorJones, Nick
dc.contributor.authorAvner, Paolo
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-20T15:24:50Z
dc.date.available2019-06-20T15:24:50Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the degree to which infrastructure reliability and urban economic activity in several African cities is impacted by flooding. It combines firm-level micro data, flood maps, and several spatial data layers across cities through a harmonized geospatial network analysis. The analysis shows that a significant share of jobs in cities is directly affected by floods. It further details how transport infrastructure is subjected to significant flood risk that disproportionally affects main roads in many cities. While direct flood effects are revealed to be significant, this work further shows how knock-on implications for the entire urban economy might be even larger. Regardless of the direct flood exposure of firms, flooded transport networks mean that disruptions propagate across the city and drastically reduce the connectivity between firms. Access to hospitals is also found to be reduced significantly -- even during relatively light flooding events: From a third of locations in Kampala, floods mean that people would no longer be able to reach hospitals within the "golden hour" -- a rule of thumb referring to the window of time that maximizes the likelihood of survival after a severe medical incident. Overall, this study showcases the use of high-detail city-level analyses to better understand the localized impacts of natural hazards on urban infrastructure networks.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/410661560796289323/Three-Feet-Under-The-Impact-of-Floods-on-Urban-Jobs-Connectivity-and-Infrastructure
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8898
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31918
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8898
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFLOOD
dc.subjectURBAN FLOODS
dc.subjectRESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectCONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectURBAN EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectCITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectGEOSPATIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
dc.subjectURBAN TRANSPORT
dc.titleThree Feet Underen
dc.title.subtitleThe Impact of Floods on Urban Jobs, Connectivity, and Infrastructureen
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okr.crossref.titleThree Feet Under: Urban Jobs, Connectivity, and Infrastructure
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/410661560796289323/Three-Feet-Under-The-Impact-of-Floods-on-Urban-Jobs-Connectivity-and-Infrastructure
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8898
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okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change and Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Disasters
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Economics
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicUrban Development::Hazard Risk Management
okr.topicUrban Development::Transport in Urban Areas
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Telecommunications Infrastructure
okr.unitGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, Climate Change Group
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