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Urban risk assessments
(The World Bank, 2011)
The rapid and often unplanned expansion of cities is exposing a greater number of people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. For city governments, increased climate variability ...
Probabilistic modelling of natural risks at the global level: The hybrid loss exceedance curve
(International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR, 2011)
During recent decades, socio-economic impacts produced by disasters caused by natural phenomena are an indication of the high vulnerability of human settlements located in vulnerable areas in developing countries, as well ...
La ruralidad, la fragilidad urbana y el fenómeno La Niña en Colombia, 1970-2011
(International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR, 2013)
Este trabajo tiene como objetivo realizar un análisis comparativo de los daños y pérdidas asociados con los episodios La Niña ocurridos entre 1970 y 2011, en función de la magnitud de los episodios y de las pérdidas, el ...