Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies
These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis published in April 2005. Three case studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges and drought. An additional, three case...
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okr-10986-70912021-04-23T14:02:27Z Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies Arnold, Margaret Chen, Robert S. Deichmann, Uwe Dilley, Maxx Lerner-Lam, Arthur L. Pullen, Randolph E. Trohanis, Zoe ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANNUAL RAINFALL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AVALANCHE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BASIN CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE ZONES CLIMATIC ZONES CLIMATOLOGY COAST CYCLONE CYCLONE TRACKS CYCLONES DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DROUGHT DROUGHT PERIOD DROUGHT SEVERITY DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FAMINE FLOOD FLOOD HAZARD FLOODING FLOODS GDP GLOBAL SCALE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HURRICANE HURRICANES IMPACTS OF DROUGHT LIVESTOCK MOISTURE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES RAIN RAINFALL RECONSTRUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT SNOW SNOWFALL SOIL SOUTH AMERICA STORM STORM SURGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TSUNAMI TYPHOONS UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WATER WATER RESOURCES WEATHER These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis published in April 2005. Three case studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges and drought. An additional, three case studies address regional multi-hazard situations in Sri Lanka, the Tana River basin in Kenya, and the city of Caracas, Venezuela. 2012-06-05T14:22:24Z 2012-06-05T14:22:24Z 2006 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7018829/natural-disaster-hotspots-case-studies 978-0-8213-6332-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7091 English en_US Disaster Risk Management No. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |
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ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANNUAL RAINFALL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AVALANCHE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BASIN CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE ZONES CLIMATIC ZONES CLIMATOLOGY COAST CYCLONE CYCLONE TRACKS CYCLONES DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DROUGHT DROUGHT PERIOD DROUGHT SEVERITY DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FAMINE FLOOD FLOOD HAZARD FLOODING FLOODS GDP GLOBAL SCALE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HURRICANE HURRICANES IMPACTS OF DROUGHT LIVESTOCK MOISTURE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES RAIN RAINFALL RECONSTRUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT SNOW SNOWFALL SOIL SOUTH AMERICA STORM STORM SURGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TSUNAMI TYPHOONS UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WATER WATER RESOURCES WEATHER Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies |
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Disaster Risk Management No. 6 |
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These case studies complement the
earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A
Global Risk Analysis published in April 2005. Three case
studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges
and drought. An additional, three case studies address
regional multi-hazard situations in Sri Lanka, the Tana
River basin in Kenya, and the city of Caracas, Venezuela. |
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Arnold, Margaret |
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Arnold, Margaret |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies |
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Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies |
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Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies |
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Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies |
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Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies |
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natural disaster hotspots: case studies |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2012 |
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