Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview
Disasters are increasing worldwide with more devastating effects than ever before. The absolute number of disasters around the world has almost doubled since the 1980s, but the average number of natural disasters in Middle East and North Africa (ME...
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okr-10986-205632021-04-23T14:03:56Z Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview Bousquet, Franck CAPACITY BUILDING CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISSEMINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE FINANCIAL RISK FLOOD FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE LAND-USE PLANNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MITIGATION MITIGATION MEASURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RISK NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL COOPERATION RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SEA LEVEL SOCIAL SCIENCES URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WATER MANAGEMENT Disasters are increasing worldwide with more devastating effects than ever before. The absolute number of disasters around the world has almost doubled since the 1980s, but the average number of natural disasters in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has almost tripled over the same period. In MENA the interplay of natural disasters, rapid urbanization, water scarcity, and climate change has emerged as a serious challenge for policy and planning. It has reconfigured risk landscapes by making the region's natural resource base fragile and extremely susceptible to a variety of internal and external factors. The 2011 global assessment report on disaster risk reduction finds that although global flood mortality risk has been decreasing since 2000, it is increasing in MENA. World Bank support to MENA countries encompasses capacity building on disaster risk management (DRM) at national and community levels, catalyzing an inter-ministerial dialogue within countries, and creating an enabling environment to support the development of national DRM strategies. 2014-11-19T17:45:01Z 2014-11-19T17:45:01Z 2013-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729017/natural-disasters-mena-regional-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20563 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 105 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East |
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CAPACITY BUILDING CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISSEMINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE FINANCIAL RISK FLOOD FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE LAND-USE PLANNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MITIGATION MITIGATION MEASURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RISK NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL COOPERATION RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SEA LEVEL SOCIAL SCIENCES URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WATER MANAGEMENT |
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CAPACITY BUILDING CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISSEMINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE FINANCIAL RISK FLOOD FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE LAND-USE PLANNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MITIGATION MITIGATION MEASURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RISK NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL COOPERATION RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SEA LEVEL SOCIAL SCIENCES URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WATER MANAGEMENT Bousquet, Franck Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview |
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MENA knowledge and learning quick notes
series;no. 105 |
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Disasters are increasing worldwide with
more devastating effects than ever before. The absolute
number of disasters around the world has almost doubled
since the 1980s, but the average number of natural disasters
in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has almost tripled
over the same period. In MENA the interplay of natural
disasters, rapid urbanization, water scarcity, and climate
change has emerged as a serious challenge for policy and
planning. It has reconfigured risk landscapes by making the
region's natural resource base fragile and extremely
susceptible to a variety of internal and external factors.
The 2011 global assessment report on disaster risk reduction
finds that although global flood mortality risk has been
decreasing since 2000, it is increasing in MENA. World Bank
support to MENA countries encompasses capacity building on
disaster risk management (DRM) at national and community
levels, catalyzing an inter-ministerial dialogue within
countries, and creating an enabling environment to support
the development of national DRM strategies. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Bousquet, Franck |
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Bousquet, Franck |
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Bousquet, Franck |
| title |
Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview |
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Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview |
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Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview |
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Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview |
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Natural Disasters in MENA : A Regional Overview |
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natural disasters in mena : a regional overview |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729017/natural-disasters-mena-regional-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20563 |
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