Improving cost-benefit analysis for flood risk management to account for the interests of the poor
Auteur(s) |
J.M. Kind
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M.A. van Aalst
Publicatie type | artikel (tijdschrift)
The approach to cost-benefit analysis should be improved to better account for socio-economic vulnerability, including poverty, and to comply with the principles of social welfare. Deltares is developing, and experimenting with, new CBA methods, identifying practical limitations and making recommendations to change the method for future flood risk assessments.