Trends in natural disasters

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Trends in natural disasters. With growing population and infrastructures the world’s exposure to natural hazards is inevitably increasing. This is particularly true as the strongest population growth is located in coastal areas (with greater exposure to floods, cyclones and tidal waves). To make matters worse any land remaining available for urban growth is generally risk-prone, for instance flood plains or steep slopes subject to landslides. The statistics in this graphic reveal an exponential increase in disasters. This raises several questions. Is the increase due to a significant improvement in access to information? What part does population growth and infrastructure development play? Finally, is climate change behind the increasing frequency of natural hazards?

Sources

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

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http://www.environmenttimes.net/edition.cfm?pageID=1&groupID ...

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Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Appears in

Environment and Poverty Times #3: Disaster issue
In Dead Water - Climate Change, Pollution, Over-harvest, and Invasive Species in the World's Fishing Grounds

Published

2005

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