Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Many billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, emergency loans, and development aid are expended annually. Yet efforts to reduce the risks of natural hazards remain largely uncoordinated across different hazard types and do not necessarily focus on areas at highest risk of disaster. 'Natural Disaster Hotspots' 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.
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Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards continue to cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
disaster risk hotspots, natural disaster hotspots, multihazard index, global risk analysis, multihazard risks, economic loss risks, reducing disaster risk, hotspots approach, using more detailed data, hotspots analysis, gridded population, three deciles, disaster risk management, hazard frequency, highest risk areas, major natural hazards, high mortality risk, multiple hazards, more hazards, hazard events, disaster risks, drought disasters, scientific basis for understanding, overall development strategy, highest decile Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World Bank, Central America, Tana River, South America, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Distribution of Hazardous Areas, Bay of Bengal, Global Distribution of Disaster Risk Hotspots, Islamic Rep, Single-Hazard Exposure Index Based, Top Three Population-Weighted Deciles, United Kingdom, Dominican Rep, Hong Kong, Indian Ocean, North Sea, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Executive Summary, Exposure Measures, Kyrgyz Rep, People's Rep New!
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Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards continue to cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
disaster risk hotspots, natural disaster hotspots, multihazard index, global risk analysis, multihazard risks, economic loss risks, reducing disaster risk, hotspots approach, using more detailed data, hotspots analysis, gridded population, three deciles, disaster risk management, hazard frequency, highest risk areas, major natural hazards, high mortality risk, multiple hazards, more hazards, hazard events, disaster risks, drought disasters, scientific basis for understanding, overall development strategy, highest decile Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World Bank, Central America, Tana River, South America, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Distribution of Hazardous Areas, Bay of Bengal, Global Distribution of Disaster Risk Hotspots, Islamic Rep, Single-Hazard Exposure Index Based, Top Three Population-Weighted Deciles, United Kingdom, Dominican Rep, Hong Kong, Indian Ocean, North Sea, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Executive Summary, Exposure Measures, Kyrgyz Rep, People's Rep New!
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- Earth Science: An Illustrated Guide to Science (Science Visual Resources) by Diagram Group in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The World Bank: Structure and Policies (Global Economic Institutions) by Christopher L. Gilbert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Letters from the Antipodes by Michel Butor in Front Matter
- Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States (Natural Hazards and Disasters: Reducing Loss and Building Sustainability in a Hazardous World: A Series) by Dennis Mileti in Back Matter
- Managing Disaster Risk in Mexico: Market Incentives for Mitigation Investment (Disaster Risk Management Series) by Alcira Kreimer in Front Matter
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- Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies (Disaster Risk Management) by Margaret Arnold on page 57, and page 64
- UN Millennium Development Library: Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (Volume 1) by United Nations in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Global Mapping of Infectious Diseases, Volume 62: Methods, Examples and Emerging Applications (Advances in Parasitology) by S.I. Hay on page 153
- At Loggerheads?: Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, And Environment in the Tropical Forests (World Bank Policy Research Report) (Policy Research Reports) by World Bank in Back Matter
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