Flood Proofing Low-Income Houses in India: an Application of Climate-Sensitive Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Analysis

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/84230 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/84230 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/84230 archive 353 disk0/00/01/53/03 2018-06-01 06:53:34 2025-03-26 05:00:15 2018-06-01 06:53:34 article show Hochrainer-Stigler S. 7958 0000-0002-9929-8171 Linnerooth-Bayer J. 1354 Mochizuki J. 2027 0000-0003-1000-4251 Flood Proofing Low-Income Houses in India: an Application of Climate-Sensitive Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Analysis pub prog_risk Probabilistic cost benefit analysis; Flood risk; Climate change; Building back better; Low-income housing; India Poor communities in high risk areas are disproportionately affected by disasters compared to their wealthy counterparts; yet, there are few analyses to guide public decisions on pro-poor investments in disaster risk reduction. This paper illustrates an application of benefit-cost analysis (BCA) for assessing investments in structural flood proofing of low-income, high-risk houses. The analysis takes account of climate change, which is increasingly viewed as an important consideration for assessing long-term investments. Specifically, the study focuses on the Rohini river basin of India and evaluates options for constructing non-permanent and permanent residential structures on a raised plinth to protect them against flooding. The estimates show a positive benefit-cost ratio for building new houses on a raised plinth, while the ratio is less than one for demolishing existing houses to rebuild on a raised plinth. Climate change is found to significantly affect the BCA results. From a policy perspective, the analysis demonstrates the potential economic returns of raised plinths for ‘building back better’ after disasters, or as a part of good housing design practice. 2018-05-31 published Springer 10.1007/s41885-018-0032-7 126 182 209 public Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 3 1 23-38 TRUE 2511-1280 FALSE no info:eu-repo/semantics/article