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9780821359303

Natural Disaster Hotspots A Global Risk Analysis

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821359303

  • ISBN10:

    0821359304

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-04-30
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications

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Summary

This report presents a global view of major natural disaster risk hotspots - areas at relatively high risk of loss from one or more natural hazards. It summarizes the results of an interdisciplinary analysis of the location and characteristics of hotspots for six natural hazards - earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones. Data on these hazards are combined with state-of-the-art data on the subnational distribution of population and economic output and past disaster losses to identify areas at relatively high risk from one or more hazards.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations xi
Executive Summary
1(18)
Project Approach
1(1)
Key Findings of the Global Analyses
1(11)
Key Findings of the Case Studies
12(1)
Conclusions and the Way Forward
12(7)
Project Objectives
19(4)
Project Approach
23(12)
Risk Assessment Framework
23(2)
Selection of Natural Hazards
25(1)
Units of Analysis
26(1)
Summary of Data Sources and Data Preparation
27(6)
Global Hotspots Classification
33(2)
Single-Hazard Exposure Analysis
35(12)
Cyclones
35(1)
Drought
35(1)
Floods
35(8)
Earthquakes
43(1)
Volcanoes
44(1)
Landslides
44(1)
Single-Hazard Analysis of Exposure
44(3)
Multihazard Exposure Analysis
47(8)
Simple Multihazard Index
47(5)
Reclassification of Multihazard Areas by Population Density
52(3)
Multihazard Risk Assessment
55(26)
Derivation of Vulnerability Coefficients
55(5)
Single-Hazard Risk Assessment Results
60(21)
Multihazard Risk Assessment Results
81(12)
Case Studies
93(20)
Scale Issues
94(1)
Summary of Case Study Results
94(16)
Linkages to and Lessons for Global Analysis
110(3)
Conclusions and the Way Forward
113(6)
The Costs of Disaster Risks
113(2)
Implications for Decision Making
115(2)
Information Development for Disaster Risk Management
117(2)
Appendix A: Technical Appendix for Global Analysis
119(11)
Derivation of Tropical Cyclone and GDP Surfaces
119(1)
Reclassification of Hazardous Areas Weighted by Exposure
120(7)
World Bank Country Income Classifications
127(3)
References 130

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