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China: The 'unnatural' disaster
8 Mar 2010, HBO
An interview with John Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, directors of the Oscar nominated HBO documentary that covered school safety and building standards in China after the Sichuan earthquake in 2008...
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 9,933,174 |      |
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| Drought | 71,297,700 |  |
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| Flood | 3,972,502 |  |
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| Landslide | 121,488 |  |
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| Earthquake | 8,139,068 |     |
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| Tsunami | 473,639 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1998 | 238,973,000 |  |
| Flood | 1991 | 210,232,227 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 154,634,000 | |
| Flood | 2003 | 150,146,000 | |
| Flood | 1995 | 114,470,249 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Global emergency response to disasters for a harmonious world08-12 Jun 2010, China (Beijing)
- Summer institute for advanced study of disaster and risk in beijing02-13 Aug 2010, China (Beijing)
- Retrofit and reconstruction for resilience2008, Monash University
- Self-help brochure for avoiding disaster - Wind-related disasters2005, Min of Civil Affairs, China - gov
- Self-help brochure for avoiding disaster - Floods2005, Min of Civil Affairs, China - gov
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province - trailer2009, HBO
- 2007 Disasters in numbers2008, CRED; UNISDR
- Forestry, climate change and biodiversity conservation technical advisorIndonesia (Jakarta), Winrock Intl
- Research specialistsJapan (Tsukuba), ICHARM
- Research specialistTsukuba, ICHARM
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