Natural disasters : recent trends and future prospects.

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Degg, Martin

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1992Description: 12 p. : illSubject: The 1990s have been declared the "International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction" (IDNDR) by the United Nations. This paper presents a global analysis of the nature and distribution of natural hazard losses since the Second World War. Regional disparities in loss experience are highlighted, in particular the contrasts between developed and developing regions. The paper concludes with a preliminary evaluation of future disaster potential, through analysis of exposure of the world's 100 largest urban agglomerations (accomodating 10 per cent of the global population) to earthquake and windstorm hazards. We are currently witnessing an increase in exposure to these hazards, coupled with escalating potential for catastrophic loss

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Reprinted from Geography; Vol. 77, no. 3; p.198-209

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The 1990s have been declared the "International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction" (IDNDR) by the United Nations. This paper presents a global analysis of the nature and distribution of natural hazard losses since the Second World War. Regional disparities in loss experience are highlighted, in particular the contrasts between developed and developing regions. The paper concludes with a preliminary evaluation of future disaster potential, through analysis of exposure of the world's 100 largest urban agglomerations (accomodating 10 per cent of the global population) to earthquake and windstorm hazards. We are currently witnessing an increase in exposure to these hazards, coupled with escalating potential for catastrophic loss

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