Measuring Social, Health and Economic Impacts of Disasters: Experiences from 9 MICRODIS sites, Vietnam
1. Measuring Social, Health and Economic Impacts of Disasters: Experiences from 9 MICRODIS sites EXPERIENCES FROM VIETNAM Tran Huu Tuan; Hue University, Vietnam [email_address] 3 rd IDRC CONFERENCE 30 MAY - 3 JUNE 2010; DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
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8. Assessing physical damages to floods The poor have significantly less absolute damage but they are more vulnerable. Examining the relationship between flood damage, flood damage as share of household income and income distribution Economic impacts 0.000 14.06 (19.73) 27.62 (26.48) Average flood damage as share of household income; % (std. dev.) 0.093 5,090,586 (9,007,653) 3,689,750 (5,223,597) Household damage due to 2007 floods; mean (VND); (std. dev.) Sig. Above poverty line Below Poverty line Types of huseholds