TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - This paper quantifies the economic impacts of flooding in the Ba River and Penang River catchments in Viti Levu, Fiji. We conducted a detailed assessment of flood damage stemming from two major flooding events in 2012 that severely affected the two important catchments, primarily by using evidence from a novel survey administered in early 2013. We combine these empirical measures of damage with GIS data to estimate total damages from flooding and find that the January 2012 flood caused FJ$36.4 and FJ$12.2 in damages for the Ba River and Penang River catchments, respectively, while the March 2012 flood caused FJ$24.1 and FJ$8.4 in damages for the Ba River and Penang River catchments, respectively. We then estimate the cost of future flooding under moderate and severe climate change projections. Flooding is projected to become more frequent and more severe under both scenarios, with annual losses increasing by 100% with moderate climate change and by 300% with severe climate change. For perspective, damages from a 1-in-50 year flood, which is the estimated return period of the January 2012 event, are projected to cause between FJ$76.5 and FJ$153 million in damages in the Ba River Catchment under these two scenarios.
AU  - Daigneault, Adam J.
AU  - Brown, Pike
AU  - Gawith, David
DA  - 2014
DA  - 2014
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.169398
DO  - doi
ID  - 169398
KW  - Community/Rural/Urban Development
KW  - Environmental Economics and Policy
KW  - Food Security and Poverty
KW  - International Development
KW  - Land Economics/Use
KW  - Risk and Uncertainty
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - climate change
KW  - flooding
KW  - Pacific Islands
KW  - economic impacts
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169398/files/Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ecosystem-Based%20Adaptation%20for%20Flood%20Risk%20Reduction%20in%20Fiji%20-%20AAEA.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169398/files/Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ecosystem-Based%20Adaptation%20for%20Flood%20Risk%20Reduction%20in%20Fiji%20-%20AAEA.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169398/files/Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ecosystem-Based%20Adaptation%20for%20Flood%20Risk%20Reduction%20in%20Fiji%20-%20AAEA.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169398/files/Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ecosystem-Based%20Adaptation%20for%20Flood%20Risk%20Reduction%20in%20Fiji%20-%20AAEA.pdf
N2  - This paper quantifies the economic impacts of flooding in the Ba River and Penang River catchments in Viti Levu, Fiji. We conducted a detailed assessment of flood damage stemming from two major flooding events in 2012 that severely affected the two important catchments, primarily by using evidence from a novel survey administered in early 2013. We combine these empirical measures of damage with GIS data to estimate total damages from flooding and find that the January 2012 flood caused FJ$36.4 and FJ$12.2 in damages for the Ba River and Penang River catchments, respectively, while the March 2012 flood caused FJ$24.1 and FJ$8.4 in damages for the Ba River and Penang River catchments, respectively. We then estimate the cost of future flooding under moderate and severe climate change projections. Flooding is projected to become more frequent and more severe under both scenarios, with annual losses increasing by 100% with moderate climate change and by 300% with severe climate change. For perspective, damages from a 1-in-50 year flood, which is the estimated return period of the January 2012 event, are projected to cause between FJ$76.5 and FJ$153 million in damages in the Ba River Catchment under these two scenarios.
PY  - 2014
PY  - 2014
T1  - COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION  FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN FIJI
TI  - COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION  FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN FIJI
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169398/files/Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ecosystem-Based%20Adaptation%20for%20Flood%20Risk%20Reduction%20in%20Fiji%20-%20AAEA.pdf
Y1  - 2014
T2  - Paper
T2  - 5410
ER  -