000169398 001__ 169398 000169398 005__ 20210819131416.0 000169398 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.169398 000169398 037__ $$a329-2016-13144 000169398 041__ $$aeng 000169398 245__ $$aCOSTS AND BENEFITS OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN FIJI 000169398 260__ $$c2014 000169398 269__ $$a2014 000169398 270__ $$mdaigneaulta@landcareresearch.co.nz$$pDaigneault, Adam J. 000169398 270__ $$mbrownp@landcareresearch.co.nz$$pBrown, Pike 000169398 270__ $$mgawith@gmail.com$$pGawith, David 000169398 300__ $$a39 000169398 336__ $$aConference Paper/ Presentation 000169398 490__ $$aPaper 000169398 490__ $$a5410 000169398 520__ $$aThis 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. 000169398 546__ $$aEnglish 000169398 650__ $$aCommunity/Rural/Urban Development 000169398 650__ $$aEnvironmental Economics and Policy 000169398 650__ $$aFood Security and Poverty 000169398 650__ $$aInternational Development 000169398 650__ $$aLand Economics/Use 000169398 650__ $$aRisk and Uncertainty 000169398 6531_ $$aNatural disasters 000169398 6531_ $$aclimate change 000169398 6531_ $$aflooding 000169398 6531_ $$aPacific Islands 000169398 6531_ $$aeconomic impacts 000169398 700__ $$aDaigneault, Adam J. 000169398 700__ $$aBrown, Pike 000169398 700__ $$aGawith, David 000169398 773__ $$d2014 000169398 8564_ $$9c42d9416-d50a-4d48-9c42-df438bdd581b$$s1471486$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169398/files/Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ecosystem-Based%20Adaptation%20for%20Flood%20Risk%20Reduction%20in%20Fiji%20-%20AAEA.pdf 000169398 887__ $$ahttp://purl.umn.edu/169398 000169398 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:169398$$pGLOBAL_SET 000169398 912__ $$nSubmitted by Adam Daigneault (daigneaulta@landcareresearch.co.nz) on 2014-05-21T22:02:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Costs and Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Flood Risk Reduction in Fiji - AAEA.pdf: 1471486 bytes, checksum: 50c9d2acb2aaee88d8faebf3c1d8a6e5 (MD5) 000169398 912__ $$nMade available in DSpace on 2014-05-21T22:02:57Z (GMT). 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