Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis

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No AccessDisaster Risk Management1 Feb 2013Natural Disaster HotspotsA Global Risk AnalysisAuthors/Editors: Maxx Dilley, Robert S. Chen, Uwe Deichmann, Arthur L. Lerner-Lam, and Margaret ArnoldMaxx Dilley, Robert S. Chen, Uwe Deichmann, Arthur L. Lerner-Lam, and Margaret Arnoldhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4SectionsAboutPDF (29.3 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Many billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, emergency loans, and development aid are expended annually. Yet efforts to reduce the risks of natural hazards remain largely uncoordinated across different hazard types and do not necessarily focus on areas at highest risk of disaster. Natural Disaster Hotspots presents a global view of major natural disaster risk hotspots – areas at relatively high risk of loss from one or more natural hazards. It summarizes the results of an interdisciplinary analysis of the location and characteristics of hotspots for six natural hazards – earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones. Data on these hazards are combined with state-of-the-art data on the subnational distribution of population and economic output and past disaster losses to identify areas at relatively high risk from one or more hazards. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byVulnerability Analysis of Urban Residents in Response to COVID-19: An Educational Related AnalysisJournal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol.150, No.1Investigating the Role of the Key Conditioning Factors in Flood Susceptibility Mapping Through Machine Learning ApproachesEarth Systems and Environment, Vol.1928 January 2024A user-centered mapping design for geomorphological hazard thematic mapJournal of Maps, Vol.19, No.130 August 2023A novel model for multi-risk ranking of buildings at city level based on open data: the test site of Rome, ItalyGeomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Vol.14, No.13 November 2023Interpreting Disaster Science, Defining Its Objectives and RangeStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Ambientum, Vol.67, No.1-25 December 2023Favorable locations for new VGOS antennas in India depending on the assessment of geodetic parameters and environmental factorsEarth, Planets and Space, Vol.75, No.130 March 2023Rock slope failure preparation paced by total crack boundary lengthCommunications Earth & Environment, Vol.4, No.15 June 2023Geographic Variation in Household Disaster Preparedness in the United StatesAnnals of the American Association of Geographers, Vol.121 December 2023Climate change, hailstorm incidence, and livelihood security: a perspective from Kashmir valley IndiaNatural Hazards, Vol.19328 November 2023The relationship between multiple hazards and deprivation using open geospatial data and machine learningNatural Hazards, Vol.119, No.217 March 2023Frekans Oranı ve Shannon Entropisi Yöntemi Kullanarak Ezine Çayı Havzası Taşkın Duyarlılık Analizi (Kastamonu-Bozkurt)Jeomorfolojik Araştırmalar Dergisi, No.1115 October 2023Investigating the origins of differentiated vulnerabilities to climate change through the lenses of the Capability ApproachEconomia Politica, Vol.40, No.313 March 2023A Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Framework for Urban Disaster Prevention Planning: A Case Study of Xiamen, ChinaLand, Vol.12, No.107 October 2023Long-chain propagation pathways from meteorological to hydrological, agricultural and groundwater drought and their dynamics in ChinaJournal of Hydrology, Vol.625Tracking a Decade of Hydrogeological Emergencies in Italian MunicipalitiesData, Vol.8, No.1011 October 2023Assessment of indoor risk through deep learning -based object recognition in disaster situationsMultimedia Tools and Applications, Vol.4227 September 2023Application of Geospatial Techniques in Agricultural Resource Management26 September 2023Post-Earthquake Assessment for Seismic Risk Mitigation in Romania: Case-Studies Based on Recorded DataRomanian Journal of Physics, Vol.68, No.7-815 September 2023Ecological urbanism as a condition underpinning urban life for internally displaced peoples in ColombiaPLOS ONE, Vol.18, No.919 September 2023Weighting Risk Factors for Start-up Businesses in Small and Medium Enterprises: A qualitative approach and ATLAS ti procedureEnvironment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Vol.8, No.SI1519 September 2023Multi-risks attributed to climate change and urbanization in East Africa: a bibliometric analysis of a science gapAfrican Geographical Review, Vol.411 September 2023Climate change vulnerability hotspots in Costa Rica: constructing a sub-national indexJournal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Vol.13, No.319 April 2023Landslide susceptibility prediction using frequency ratio model: a case study of Uttarakhand, Himalaya (India)