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Disaster Risk, Climate Change, and Poverty : Assessing the Global Exposure of Poor People to Floods and Droughts

People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Previous studies in local contexts have shown that poor people are also often overrepresented in hazard-prone a...

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Main Authors:	Winsemius, Hessel C., Jongman, Brenden, Veldkamp, Ted I.E., Hallegatte, Stephane, Bangalore, Mook, Ward, Philip J.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	FLOODING POOR PEOPLE RISKS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY LINE IMPACT ON POVERTY STORM SPATIAL SCALE FLOOD PROTECTION UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HYDROLOGIC CYCLE TOPOGRAPHY POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS INCOME DISASTER‐RISK DISCHARGE HYDROLOGY MONITORING RESERVOIRS HOUSING DEATH SURFACE WATER LAND SCARCITY NATIONAL POVERTY DISASTER WETLAND AREAS DAMAGES INCOME GAP GLOBAL POVERTY QUALITY MEASURES DISASTER EVENTS HOUSEHOLD‐LEVEL DATA EXTREME WEATHER HURRICANES LAND PRICES SAFETY NETS STREAM RURAL POPULATIONS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS SAVINGS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RESERVOIR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY NATURAL DISASTER DROUGHT CONDITIONS WATER AVAILABILITY SUBSISTENCE FARMERS FLOODS PLAINS FLOODED NATURAL HAZARD TRANSFERS NATURAL DISASTERS WAVES HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY MAPS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY DISASTERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE PRECIPITATION PATTERNS CASE STUDIES FARMERS PRECIPITATION RUNOFF CLASSIFICATION COASTAL AREAS POVERTY DATA DROUGHTS NATURAL HAZARDS STUDIES DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DROUGHT POOR POLICY IMPACT OF DISASTER NATIONAL SCALE RURAL LEVEL BANK EXTREME EVENTS POOR COUNTRIES FLOOD DAMAGE CLIMATE EL NINO WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS DAMAGE RURAL SAMPLE SIZE PONDS DIKES URBAN SETTINGS FLOOD FOOD HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RURAL GAPS DATA SETS DEATH TOLL TARGETING POVERTY INDICATORS RURAL AREAS CLIMATIC CHANGE LAKES LAND ECOSYSTEMS FLOOD PLAINS ANALYSIS FLOOD DAMAGES COAST HURRICANE OBSERVATIONS RIVERINE RISK GROUNDWATER MITIGATION POOR HOUSEHOLDS ARID REGIONS SAMPLING POVERTY WETLAND DROUGHT RISK SOUTHERN OSCILLATION CLIMATE CONDITIONS RISK MANAGEMENT POOR AGREEMENT EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS NATIONAL‐SCALE WEATHER EVENTS SAFETY WETLANDS LAND‐USE RECONSTRUCTION INEQUALITY RIVER FLOW REGIMES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25250857/disaster-risk-climate-change-poverty-assessing-global-exposure-poor-people-floods-droughts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23437

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25250857/disaster-risk-climate-change-poverty-assessing-global-exposure-poor-people-floods-droughts
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23437

Disaster Risk, Climate Change, and Poverty : Assessing the Global Exposure of Poor People to Floods and Droughts

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