Density and Disasters : Economics of Urban Hazard Risk
Today, 370 million people live in cities in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with a high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050 these numbers are likely to more than double, leading to a greater concentration of hazard risk in many of the world's cities. The authors discuss w...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15348 |