Unbreakable : Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters

“Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.” Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a...

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Main Authors: Hallegatte, Stephane, Vogt-Schilb, Adrien, Bangalore, Mook, Rozenberg, Julie
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25335