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Stéphane Hallegatte

Stéphane Hallegatte

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
37497
World Ranking
1164
National Ranking
506

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
84
Citations
40385
World Ranking
281
National Ranking
129

Stéphane Hallegatte publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stéphane Hallegatte sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 373 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Stéphane Hallegatte D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stéphane Hallegatte sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stéphane Hallegatte is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and specializes in research spanning economics, environmental science, and social sciences. Their work is concentrated in the subfields of economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, soil science, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Key topics in their research include climate change policy and economics, agricultural risk and resilience, disaster management and resilience, flood risk assessment and management, environmental impact and sustainability, energy, environment, and transportation policies, as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent academic papers authored or co-authored by Stéphane Hallegatte include:

  • From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature (2020, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change)
  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985 (2023, Nature)
  • Climate policy models need to get real about people - here's how (2021, Nature)
  • Quantification of disaster impacts through household well-being losses (2020, Nature Sustainability)

Frequent co-authors working with Stéphane Hallegatte include Paolo Avner, Florent McIsaac, Julie Rozenberg, Jun Rentschler, and Vincent Viguié.

Their publications are commonly found in venues such as Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature, Nature Sustainability, and Nature Human Behaviour.

In addition to numerous articles, Stéphane Hallegatte has contributed extensively to book publications, particularly through the World Bank eBooks. Notable titles include:

  • Revised Estimates of the Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Poverty by 2030 (2020)
  • Counting People Exposed to, Vulnerable to, or at High Risk From Climate Shocks: A Methodology (2023)
  • "Building Back Better" in Practice: A Science-Policy Framework for a Green Economic Recovery after COVID-19 (2021)
  • The Climate Implications of Ending Global Poverty (2023)
  • Best Investments for an Economic Recovery from Coronavirus (2020)
  • Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones: Global Evidence since 1985 (2022)
  • Integrating Climate Change and Natural Disasters in the Economic Analysis of Projects (2021)
  • Climate Policy and Inequality in Urban Areas: Beyond Incomes (2022)
  • The Macroeconomic Implications of a Transition to Zero Net Emissions: A Modeling Framework (2023)
  • Adaptation Principles (2020)
  • Efficiency and Equity in Urban Flood Management Policies: A Systematic Urban Economics Exploration (2023)

Additional book publications are associated with the Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks series, featuring works such as:

  • How Delayed Learning about Climate Uncertainty Impacts Decarbonization Investment Strategies (2024)
  • Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality? An Updated Review (2024)
  • Climate Policies are Path-Dependent: Implications for Policy Sequencing and Feasibility (2025)
  • Flood Protection and Land Value Creation - not All Resilience Investments are Created Equal (2021)
  • The Timing versus Allocation Trade-off in Politically Constrained Climate Policies (2024)
  • Global Socio-economic Resilience to Natural Disasters (2025)
  • The Macroeconomic Implications of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Options: A Modeling Approach (2025)

Works published under the World Bank policy research working paper series include:

  • Macroeconomic Consequences of Natural Disasters: A Modeling Proposal and Application to Floods and Earthquakes in Turkey (2022)
  • Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones: Global Evidence since 1985 (2022)
  • Measuring Total Carbon Pricing (2023)

Other publications include "Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones" (2022) in World Bank eBooks and "Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization (Advance Edition)" (2023) by The World Bank eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways

    Brian C. O’Neill;Elmar Kriegler;Keywan Riahi;Kristie Lee Ebi

  • Future flood losses in major coastal cities

    Stephane Hallegatte;Colin H. Green;Robert J. Nicholls;Jan Corfee-Morlot

  • Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change

    Stéphane Hallegatte

  • How Well Do We Understand and Evaluate Climate Change Feedback Processes

    Sandrine Bony;Robert Colman;Vladimir M. Kattsov;Richard P. Allan

  • A new scenario framework for climate change research: Scenario matrix architecture

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elmar Kriegler;Brian C. O’Neill;Kristie L. Ebi

  • A global ranking of port cities with high exposure to climate extremes

    Susan Hanson;Robert Nicholls;N. Ranger;Stephane Hallegatte

  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures.

    Dabo Guan;Daoping Wang;Stephane Hallegatte;Steven J. Davis

  • An adaptive regional input-output model and its application to the assessment of the economic cost of Katrina

    Stephane Hallegatte

  • Why economic dynamics matter in assessing climate change damages: illustration on extreme events

    Stephane Hallegatte;Jean Charles Hourcade;Patrice Dumas

  • Infrastructure for sustainable development

    Scott Thacker;Scott Thacker;Daniel Adshead;Marianne Fay;Stéphane Hallegatte

  • Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Household Consumption and Poverty

    Amory Martin;Maryia Markhvida;St'ephane Hallegatte;Brian Walsh

  • Inclusive green growth : the pathway to sustainable development

    Marianne Fay;Stéphane Hallegatte

  • The need for and use of socio-economic scenarios for climate change analysis: A new approach based on shared socio-economic pathways

    Elmar Kriegler;Brian C. O’Neill;Stephane Hallegatte;Tom Kram

  • Unbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters

    Stephane Hallegatte;Adrien Camille Vogt-Schilb;Mook Bangalore;Julie Rozenberg

  • Assessing climate change impacts, sea level rise and storm surge risk in port cities: a case study on Copenhagen

    Stéphane Hallegatte;Nicola Ranger;Olivier Mestre;Patrice Dumas

  • Climate change through a poverty lens

    Stephane Hallegatte;Julie Rozenberg

  • Revised estimates of the impact of climate change on extreme poverty by 2030

    Bramka Arga Jafino;Brian James Walsh;Julie Rozenberg;Stephane Hallegatte

  • A new scenario framework for climate change research : the concept of shared climate policy assumptions

    Elmar Kriegler;Jae Edmonds;Stephane Hallegatte;Kristie Lee Ebi

  • Climate change: New dimensions in disaster risk, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience

    Allan Lavell;Michael Oppenheimer;Cherif Diop;Jeremy Hess

  • A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets.

    E. E. Koks;E. E. Koks;J. Rozenberg;C. Zorn;M. Tariverdi

  • Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Extremes

    R. J. Nicholls;S. Hanson;Celine Herweijer;Nicola Patmore

  • The Need for and Use of Socio-Economic Scenarios for Climate Change Analysis

    Elmar Kriegler;Brian C. O'Neill;Stephane Hallegatte;Tom Kram

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Ghil
Michael Ghil École Normale Supérieure
Robert J. Lempert
Robert J. Lempert RAND Corporation
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Brian C. O'Neill
Brian C. O'Neill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Geoffrey Heal
Geoffrey Heal Columbia University
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Timothy R. Carter
Timothy R. Carter Finnish Environment Institute
Kristie L. Ebi
Kristie L. Ebi University of Washington

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