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Strong, safe, and resilient

Stanton-Geddes, Zuzana, Jha, Abhas K

2013

Overview

Experiencing both recurrent small-scale events as well as devastating large-scale catastrophes, no other region in the world is affected by disasters as is East Asia and the Pacific. In the last decade, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, and many other cities have been repeatedly hit by floods. In the last five years, Asia has experienced a large share of wide-scale natural catastrophes, including earthquakes in the Tohoku region in 2011, Padang in 2009, and Wenchuan in 2008; typhoons in 2009 in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Vietnam; a cyclone in Myanmar in 2008; and large-scale floods in 2011 in Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines. The year 2011 was the costliest year on record for natural disasters with cascading effects (Japan) and trans-boundary consequences (Thailand), adding up to US

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCOUNTING / ADB / AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE / APPLICATIONS / AVALANCHE / BANK INDONESIA / BUILDING CODES / CASUALTIES / CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES / CATASTROPHIC EVENTS / CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY / CLIMATE CHANGE / COVERAGE / CRED / DAMAGES / Database management / DEATH TOLL / DEBT / DEVASTATION / DEVELOPMENT NETWORK / DISASTER / DISASTER MANAGEMENT / DISASTER MITIGATION / DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECT / DISASTER PREPAREDNESS / DISASTER PREVENTION / DISASTER RECOVERY / DISASTER REDUCTION / DISASTER RELIEF / DISASTER RESPONSE / DISASTER RISK / DISASTER RISK REDUCTION / DISASTER RISKS / DISASTER VICTIMS / DISASTERS / Disasters -- Economic aspects / Disasters -- Social aspects / DONOR COORDINATION / EARLY WARNING / EARLY WARNING SYSTEM / EARTHQUAKE / EARTHQUAKES / EMERGENCIES / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT / Emergency management -- East Asia / Emergency management -- Pacific Area / EMERGENCY PLANNING / EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS / EMERGENCY RECOVERY / EMERGENCY RECOVERY LOAN / EMERGENCY RESPONSE / ERL / EXTREME EVENTS / EXTREME WEATHER / EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS / FAMINE / FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS / FARMERS / FATALITIES / FLOOD / FLOOD CONTROL / FLOOD MANAGEMENT / FLOODING / FLOODS / FOOD SECURITY / HEALTH SERVICES / HOUSING / HURRICANE / IMPACT EVENTS / IMPACT OF DISASTER / INFLATION / INFORMATION SYSTEM / INFORMATION SYSTEMS / INFORMED DECISIONS / INSURANCE / INSURANCE MARKETS / INSURANCE PREMIUM / INSURANCE PRODUCTS / INSURANCE RATES / INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION / INVENTORY / LAHAR / LANDSLIDE / LEGISLATION / METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION / MIGRATION / MITIGATION MEASURES / NATURAL CATASTROPHE / NATURAL CATASTROPHES / NATURAL DISASTER / NATURAL DISASTERS / NATURAL HAZARD / NATURAL HAZARDS / NON-LIFE INSURANCE / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION / Oracle (Computer file) / PRODUCTIVITY / PROGRAMS / RECONSTRUCTION / REINSURANCE / RELIEFWEB / RISK ANALYSIS / RISK ASSESSMENT / RISK ASSESSMENTS / RISK FACTORS / RISK INSURANCE / RISK MANAGEMENT / RISK MANAGEMENT WORK / RISK MITIGATION / RISK REDUCTION / RISK TRANSFER / SAFETY / SAFETY NETS / SAVINGS / SLUM / STORM / SUBSIDIARY / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TRANSPORT / TROPICAL CYCLONE / TROPICAL CYCLONES / TROPICAL STORM / TSUNAMI / TYPHOON / TYPHOONS / URBAN DEVELOPMENT / URBAN GROWTH / URBANIZATION / VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS / WATER SUPPLY / WORLD DISASTER REPORT
• ISBN: 9780821398050, 0821398059