Population growth, rapid urbanisation and unfettered development of coastal areas in the Asia-Pacific region are increasing the risk of heavy damage from powerful typhoons. This damage can be mitigated through improved urban planning, which would draw upon available data on recurrent natural disasters, mapping, and understanding the risks to cities.
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The scale of a disaster determines future preparations and what lessons are learned. Since vulnerable populations are disproportionately at risk, inaccurate fatality counts may inhibit disaster reduction efforts and lead to a proliferation of more deaths in the future.
IWMI
A new phone app, AgRISE, aims to provide more than half of Indian farmers with crop insurance within the next 2‐3 years. Relying on satellite, field and climate data, AgRISE delivers a crop health card, which enables insurers and government agencies to estimate crop damage and insured losses for all of India’s major crops.
