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dc.titleShining a Light on Resilience: Overcoming Hurricane Odile's Impact on Electricity and the Economy
dc.contributor.authorBagnoli, Lisa Serena
dc.contributor.authorDelgado, Lucia
dc.contributor.authorLuza, Jerónimo
dc.contributor.authorMitnik, Oscar A.
dc.contributor.authorPasman, Clara
dc.contributor.authorSerebrisky, Tomás
dc.contributor.orgunitInfrastructure and Energy Sector
dc.contributor.orgunitStrategic Development Effectiveness Division
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2025-05-02T00:05:00
dc.date.issue2025-05-02T00:05:00
dc.description.abstractOver the past decades, Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a significant increase in natural disasters, posing significant threats to infrastructure and economic activity, particularly in regions with poor infrastructure. Understanding the patterns in recovery time after disasters is key to designing accurate responses to natural hazards. In this paper, we develop a methodological approach and use Hurricane Odile, which struck Baja California Sur, Mexico, in September 2014, as a case study to understand the recovery paths following such disasters. We rely on nighttime lights data to capture the initial impact and eventual recovery of electricity service and economic activity in the area of impact of the hurricane. We find that the average luminosity dropped to 78% of pre-hurricane levels immediately after the event and did not fully recover within a year. Impacts are heterogeneous, with localities such as Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo experiencing more severe impacts and slower recovery compared to La Paz, which recovered faster. These results suggest that disaster evaluation, mitigation policies, and preventive measures against disaster impacts should be tailored to local realities.
dc.format.extent49
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013516
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Shining-a-Light-on-Resilience-Overcoming-Hurricane-Odiles-Impact-on-Electricity-and-the-Economy.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectDisaster
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectElectricity Service
dc.subjectElectricity
dc.subjectHurricane
dc.subjectNatural Disaster
dc.subjectDisaster Impact
dc.subject.jelcodeO13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.jelcodeR11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
dc.subject.keywordsResilience;natural disasters;electricity;Economic activity recovery;nighttime light;Hurricane;Mexico
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01709
idb.operationRG-E1932
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