| (she/her) |
| University of Leeds |
| Current Position | Lecturer in Sustainability Economics and Policy |
| [email protected] | |
| Department(s) | School of Earth and Environment, Sustainability Research Institute |
| ECR | No |
| YES.DTN Core Themes | Atmosphere and Climate |
| Profile(s) | Paola Sakai (0000-0003-0901-652X) – ORCID |
Key Research Interests
- Climate change adaptation and resilience
- Geothermal energy for controlled environment agriculture systems
- Climate-resilient development of cities
- Collaborative urban strategic planning
- Health inequalities and the linkages with climate vulnerability
- Economic costs of flooding on SMEs
Recent Key Papers
- Yao, Z., Sakai, P., De Ita, C., and Sakai, M. (2024) SMEs and Flood Insurance: Assessing the Effective Resilience Using Contextualised Evidence. (In review) Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4688590 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4688590
- Sakai, P. and Yao, Z. (2023) Financial losses and flood damages experienced by SMEs: Who are the biggest losers across sectors and sizes? International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 103677-103677 91 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103677
- Sakai, P., Hoffmann, F. and Carver, B. (2022) Using geothermal mine water energy for food production in Leeds. Policy Leeds. University of Leeds https://doi.org/10.48785/100/92