The talk will be delivered by Prof. Vaidehi Tandel, University of Manchester
18 March, 2024, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar on, ‘Adapting to Flood Risk: Evidence from a Panel of Global Cities’, to be led by Prof. Vaidehi Tandel, University of Manchester (Public Policy area), at 2.30 pm on 27th March 2024, at Classroom P-21.
Abstract: Urban flooding poses danger to people and places. The researchers construct a global city data set on floods, precipitation, population and night-time luminosity that covers the years 2012 to 2023. They show that floods are associated with a decline in urban economic activity and the impact is starker for cities in low- and lower middle-income countries. Over time, the death toll from floods is declining. People can adapt to flood risk by moving to safer areas or by investing in private self-protection. Places can offset some of the risk through urban planning and infrastructure investment. The researchers test several flood risk adaptation hypotheses. Cities with more past experience with floods suffer less from flooding. Floods cause lesser damage to economic activity in cities with high levels of critical infrastructure. In richer countries, population growth is lower in cities that suffer from more intense floods and dams protect economic activity from floods. In poorer countries, cities protected by dams experience faster population growth, but the research finds no evidence of dams protecting economic activity.
Speaker Profile: Prof. Vaidehi Tandel is an economist working in the areas of urban economics, political economy, and public finance with a focus on India.
Currently, she is a Lecturer in Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of Manchester. Previously, she was a Lecturer at the Henley Business School in University of Reading. She was Junior Fellow at IDFC Institute – a public policy think tank based in Mumbai – for six years. At IDFC, she worked on issues pertaining to India's urbanization and affordable housing.
She was also a Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York.
Her papers have been published in the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Urbanisation, BMJ Open, among others. Her research has been featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Straits Times, LiveMint and others. She was featured in two BBC podcasts where she discusses the impact of COVID-19 and the future of cities.
Her current work looks at the politician-builder nexus in Mumbai, agglomeration economies in India, and climate change and adaptation across cities in developing countries.
Webpage Link: https://sites.google.com/view/vaidehitandel/home
The talk will be delivered by Prof. Vaidehi Tandel, University of Manchester
18 March, 2024, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar on, ‘Adapting to Flood Risk: Evidence from a Panel of Global Cities’, to be led by Prof. Vaidehi Tandel, University of Manchester (Public Policy area), at 2.30 pm on 27th March 2024, at Classroom P-21.
Abstract: Urban flooding poses danger to people and places. The researchers construct a global city data set on floods, precipitation, population and night-time luminosity that covers the years 2012 to 2023. They show that floods are associated with a decline in urban economic activity and the impact is starker for cities in low- and lower middle-income countries. Over time, the death toll from floods is declining. People can adapt to flood risk by moving to safer areas or by investing in private self-protection. Places can offset some of the risk through urban planning and infrastructure investment. The researchers test several flood risk adaptation hypotheses. Cities with more past experience with floods suffer less from flooding. Floods cause lesser damage to economic activity in cities with high levels of critical infrastructure. In richer countries, population growth is lower in cities that suffer from more intense floods and dams protect economic activity from floods. In poorer countries, cities protected by dams experience faster population growth, but the research finds no evidence of dams protecting economic activity.
Speaker Profile: Prof. Vaidehi Tandel is an economist working in the areas of urban economics, political economy, and public finance with a focus on India.
Currently, she is a Lecturer in Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of Manchester. Previously, she was a Lecturer at the Henley Business School in University of Reading. She was Junior Fellow at IDFC Institute – a public policy think tank based in Mumbai – for six years. At IDFC, she worked on issues pertaining to India's urbanization and affordable housing.
She was also a Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York.
Her papers have been published in the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Urbanisation, BMJ Open, among others. Her research has been featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Straits Times, LiveMint and others. She was featured in two BBC podcasts where she discusses the impact of COVID-19 and the future of cities.
Her current work looks at the politician-builder nexus in Mumbai, agglomeration economies in India, and climate change and adaptation across cities in developing countries.
Webpage Link: https://sites.google.com/view/vaidehitandel/home