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A Global Urban Risk Index

Which cities have the highest risk of human and economic losses due to natural hazards? And how will urban exposure to major hazards change over the coming decades? This paper develops a global urban disaster risk index that evaluates the mortality...

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Main Authors: Brecht, Henrike, Deichmann, Uwe, Wang, Hyoung Gun
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
APPLICATIONS
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
CITIZENS
CITY POPULATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
COVERAGE
CRED
DAMAGES
DEATH TOLLS
DECLARATION
DEVASTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISASTER EVENTS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RESEARCH
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER TYPES
DISASTERS
DISASTERS BY DESIGN
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RISK
ECONOMIC RISKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
EMERGENCY-RESPONSE
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
EXTREME EVENTS
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FERTILITY
FINANCIAL RISK
FLOOD
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOODING
FLOODS
FUTURE GROWTH
FUTURE POPULATION
GLOBAL POPULATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY
HURRICANE
INFLATION
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL POPULATION
LAM
LANDSLIDE
LANDSLIDES
LARGE CITIES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RISK
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL CATASTROPHES
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL HAZARDS
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF PERSONS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL POWER
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION DIVISION
POPULATION ESTIMATES
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION MOVEMENTS
POPULATION PRESSURE
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
POPULATION SIZE
PROGRAMS
PROGRESS
PROTECTION MECHANISMS
PUBLIC POLICY
RECONSTRUCTION
REINSURANCE
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK ASSESSMENTS
RISK EXPOSURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK TRANSFER
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
SEA LEVEL
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
SOCIAL VULNERABILITY
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STORM
STORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TROPICAL CYCLONES
TYPE OF DISASTER
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION
URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN DWELLERS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
URBANIZATION
VULNERABILITY
WIND SPEED
WORLD CONFERENCE
WORLD POPULATION
urban risk
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17920427/global-urban-risk-index
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15865

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17920427/global-urban-risk-index
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15865

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