Alex H Barbat
Biographic Data
| ID | 1406445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex H Barbat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex H |
| FAMILY NAME | Barbat |
| SIGNATURE | BARBAT A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Revealing the Impact of Small Disasters to the Economic and Social Development
Revealing the socioeconomic impact of small disasters in Colombia using the DesInventar database
Small disasters are usually the product of climate variability and climate change. Analysis of them illustrates that they increase difficulties for local development-frequently affecting the livelihoods of poor people and perpetuating their level of poverty and human insecurity-and entail challenges for a country's development. In contrast to extreme events, small disasters are often invisible at the national level and their effects are not consi…
Disaster risk from a macroeconomic perspective
The Disaster Deficit Index (DDI) measures macroeconomic and financial risk in a country according to possible catastrophic scenario events. Extreme disasters can generate financial deficit due to sudden and elevated need of resources to restore affected inventories. The DDI captures the relationship between the economic loss that a country could experience when a catastrophic event occurs and the availability of funds to address the situation. Th…
Revealing the socioeconomic impact of small disasters in Colombia using the DesInventar database
Small disasters are usually the product of climate variability and climate change. Analysis of them illustrates that they increase difficulties for local development-frequently affecting the livelihoods of poor people and perpetuating their level of poverty and human insecurity-and entail challenges for a country's development. In contrast to extreme events, small disasters are often invisible at the national level and their effects are not consi…
Disaster risk from a macroeconomic perspective
The Disaster Deficit Index (DDI) measures macroeconomic and financial risk in a country according to possible catastrophic scenario events. Extreme disasters can generate financial deficit due to sudden and elevated need of resources to restore affected inventories. The DDI captures the relationship between the economic loss that a country could experience when a catastrophic event occurs and the availability of funds to address the situation. Th…
Revealing the socioeconomic impact of small disasters in Colombia using the DesInventar database
Small disasters are usually the product of climate variability and climate change. Analysis of them illustrates that they increase difficulties for local development-frequently affecting the livelihoods of poor people and perpetuating their level of poverty and human insecurity-and entail challenges for a country's development. In contrast to extreme events, small disasters are often invisible at the national level and their effects are not consi…
Disaster risk from a macroeconomic perspective
The Disaster Deficit Index (DDI) measures macroeconomic and financial risk in a country according to possible catastrophic scenario events. Extreme disasters can generate financial deficit due to sudden and elevated need of resources to restore affected inventories. The DDI captures the relationship between the economic loss that a country could experience when a catastrophic event occurs and the availability of funds to address the situation. Th…
Revealing the Impact of Small Disasters to the Economic and Social Development
Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 works)