Natural Disaster Hotspots

Natural Disaster Hotspots
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 9780821359303
ISBN-13 : 0821359304
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Book Synopsis Natural Disaster Hotspots by : Maxx Dilley

Download or read book Natural Disaster Hotspots written by Maxx Dilley and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthesis summarizes the findings of the Global Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots project. The Hotspots project generated a global disaster risk assessment and a set of more localized or hazard-specific case studies. The synthesis draws primarily from the results of the global assessment. Full details on the data, methods and results of the global analysis can be found in volume one of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. The case studies are contained in volume two (forthcoming).


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