Vulnerability and Coping to Disasters: A Study of Household Behaviour in Flood Prone Region of India

Krishnan Narayanan () and Unmesh Patnaik

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Abstract: This paper attempts to understand the various risks faced by households living in disaster prone regions of rural India and specifically examine the effectiveness of coping mechanisms adopted by households living in these areas to hedge against the risks. The study area (districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India) is highly susceptible to floods with a major flood occurring every ten years and smaller ones happening every one-two years. The data is drawn from primary household surveys undertaken in the study area for flood affected households. The analysis is carried out using a risk sharing and self insurance framework and econometric modeling is carried out using binary outcomes and multivariate probit estimation through GHK (Geweke- Hajivassiliou- Keane) estimator.

Keywords: multivariate probit estimation; consumption; risk; Vulnerability; livelihoods; developing countries; climate; disasters; rural; Uttar Pradesh; India; floods; households; insurance; econometric modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-04
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