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