Meri Davlasheridze

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the relative effectiveness of FEMA expenditures on hurricane induced property losses and find that the marginal return from spending on programs that target long-term mitigation and risk management to be almost twice that of spending on ex-post recovery programs.

TL;DR: The authors empirically examined whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance (PA) program, which targets post-disaster cleanup and infrastructure rehabilitation, affects household purchases of flood insurance, and found that increased PA grants reduce a county's flood insurance take-up rates, thereby driving down its total insurance coverage and premiums paid.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the roles of adaptation and mitigation in reducing economic impacts of hurricanes in terms of property loss and find clear evidence of the importance of regulatory-based loss mitigation strategies as exhibited by improved building codes and effectiveness of enforcement.

TL;DR: Results show that age, ethnicity and race, educational attainment, and prior exposure to risk explain risk perception, and high amenity values may increase exposure to floods, and flood mitigation projects should be strategized in coastal regions accordingly.

TL;DR: In this article, the economic feasibility of a coastal barrier, i.e., coastal spine, as a potential storm surge mitigation strategy to protect the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area of Texas, one of the most flood-prone and economically important regions in the USA, was explored.