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Climate change: How rivers will behave

14 Nov 2011, IRIN

'So you cannot even draw up an adaptation strategy, as we are not certain about what we need to adapt to…the goal post will keep changing.' A framework is needed to plan a strategy for the better management of water, and make countries and people more resilient...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone
Drought 127,789
Flood 7,902
Landslide 1,486
 
Earthquake 7,198
Tsunami
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2001 220,000
Flood 2010 40,405
Flood 2009 40,000
Epidemic 1994 24,000
Earthquake* 1983 21,436
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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