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
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
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
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spelling	okr-10986-158652021-04-23T14:03:23Z A Global Urban Risk Index Brecht, Henrike Deichmann, Uwe Wang, Hyoung Gun 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 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 and economic risks from disasters in 1,943 cities in developing countries. Concentrations of population, infrastructure, and economic activities in cities contribute to increased exposure and susceptibility to natural hazards. The three components of this risk measure are urban hazard characteristics, exposure, and vulnerability. For earthquakes, cyclones, floods, and landslides, single hazard risk indices are developed. In addition, a multi-hazard index gives a holistic picture of current city risk. Demographic-economic projection of city population growth to 2050 suggests that exposure to earthquake and cyclone risk in developing country cities will more than double from today's levels. Global urban risk analysis, as presented in this paper, can inform the prioritization of resources for disaster risk management and urban planning and promote the shift toward managing risks rather than emergencies. 2013-09-26T16:26:35Z 2013-09-26T16:26:35Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17920427/global-urban-risk-index http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15865 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6506 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Brecht, Henrike Deichmann, Uwe Wang, Hyoung Gun A Global Urban Risk Index
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6506
description	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 and economic risks from disasters in 1,943 cities in developing countries. Concentrations of population, infrastructure, and economic activities in cities contribute to increased exposure and susceptibility to natural hazards. The three components of this risk measure are urban hazard characteristics, exposure, and vulnerability. For earthquakes, cyclones, floods, and landslides, single hazard risk indices are developed. In addition, a multi-hazard index gives a holistic picture of current city risk. Demographic-economic projection of city population growth to 2050 suggests that exposure to earthquake and cyclone risk in developing country cities will more than double from today's levels. Global urban risk analysis, as presented in this paper, can inform the prioritization of resources for disaster risk management and urban planning and promote the shift toward managing risks rather than emergencies.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Brecht, Henrike Deichmann, Uwe Wang, Hyoung Gun
author_facet	Brecht, Henrike Deichmann, Uwe Wang, Hyoung Gun
author_sort	Brecht, Henrike
title	A Global Urban Risk Index
title_short	A Global Urban Risk Index
title_full	A Global Urban Risk Index
title_fullStr	A Global Urban Risk Index
title_full_unstemmed	A Global Urban Risk Index
title_sort	global urban risk index
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17920427/global-urban-risk-index http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15865
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