Economic appraisal of flood protection projects

Marcin Bukowski, Henryk Manteuffel-Szoege

Bukowski, Marcin
Manteuffel-Szoege, Henryk
Economic appraisal of flood protection projects
Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, 2010, vol.10(25), nr 3, s. 47-57

Key words

flood casualties losses economic appraisal

Abstract

A model of the economic appraisal of flood protection projects using the NPV indicator is presented with a recent enlargements concerning economic valuation of casualties and psychological losses in victims’ well-being. This year’s series of big floods in Poland has made this topic come back to public attention.