GAR 2015 Main Report

(Source:

Noy, 2015

Noy, Ilan. 2015,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters: country case studies, Input Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR..
Click here to view this GAR paper.

Figure I.1 Loss of life years in China, 1990-2012

from malaria and about half the 90 million years lost from HIV/AIDS.5

Major disasters such as the Christchurch earthquake or the Bangkok floods in 2011 can cause a significant number of lost life years to accumulate in a single country. New Zealand lost a total of almost 200,000 life years in the February 2011 earthquake, equivalent to about 17 days per inhabitant. In Thailand, 4.76 million life years were lost in the 2011 Chao Phraya River floods; this figure translates into about 26 days per person ( GAR 13 paper

Noy, 2015

In low and middle-income countries, the losses are generally higher than in high-income countries. In China, 557,438,270 life years were lost between 1990 and 2012, which equals a per capita loss of 162 days (Figure I.1.). In Turkey, total life years lost in the same period amounted to more than 4 million, or 25 days per person ( GAR 13 paper

Noy, 2015

These figures are even higher when the loss of

life years from nationally reported disasters is included. Globally, the additional life years lost due to extensive disasters are estimated to add another 20 per cent to internationally reported disasters, and this increase can be as high as 130 per cent in low-income countries. In Indonesia, for example, when lost life years are calculated using national loss data, the total for the period from 1990 to 2012 amounts to more than 25 million life years lost, or 42 days lost per person. Small island developing states, such as the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, experience significantly larger per capita losses, amounting to 4 years per person since 1980 ( GAR 13 paper

Noy, 2015

As an illustration, this data underlines that disaster loss is as much a critical global challenge to economic development and social progress as disease is. However, the figures also show that it is a challenge unequally shared. Over 90 per cent of the total life years lost in disasters are spread across low and middle-income countries (Figure I.2).

	41 (Source: Noy, 2015 x Noy, Ilan. 2015,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters: country case studies, Input Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. .) Figure I.1 Loss of life years in China, 1990-2012 from malaria and about half the 90 million years lost from HIV/AIDS.5 Major disasters such as the Christchurch earthquake or the Bangkok floods in 2011 can cause a significant number of lost life years to accumulate in a single country. New Zealand lost a total of almost 200,000 life years in the February 2011 earthquake, equivalent to about 17 days per inhabitant. In Thailand, 4.76 million life years were lost in the 2011 Chao Phraya River floods; this figure translates into about 26 days per person (Noy, 2015 x Noy, Ilan. 2015,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters: country case studies, Input Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. ). In low and middle-income countries, the losses are generally higher than in high-income countries. In China, 557,438,270 life years were lost between 1990 and 2012, which equals a per capita loss of 162 days (Figure I.1.). In Turkey, total life years lost in the same period amounted to more than 4 million, or 25 days per person (Noy, 2015 x Noy, Ilan. 2015,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters: country case studies, Input Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. ). These figures are even higher when the loss of life years from nationally reported disasters is included. Globally, the additional life years lost due to extensive disasters are estimated to add another 20 per cent to internationally reported disasters, and this increase can be as high as 130 per cent in low-income countries. In Indonesia, for example, when lost life years are calculated using national loss data, the total for the period from 1990 to 2012 amounts to more than 25 million life years lost, or 42 days lost per person. Small island developing states, such as the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, experience significantly larger per capita losses, amounting to 4 years per person since 1980 (Noy, 2015 x Noy, Ilan. 2015,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters: country case studies, Input Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. ). As an illustration, this data underlines that disaster loss is as much a critical global challenge to economic development and social progress as disease is. However, the figures also show that it is a challenge unequally shared. Over 90 per cent of the total life years lost in disasters are spread across low and middle-income countries (Figure I.2).	Page 1 Page 10 Page 20 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 ->Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 60 Page 70 Page 80 Page 90 Page 100 Page 110 Page 120 Page 130 Page 140 Page 150 Page 160 Page 170 Page 180 Page 190 Page 200 Page 210 Page 220 Page 230 Page 240 Page 250 Page 260 Page 270 Page 280 Page 290 Page 300 Page 310