Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction : costs and benefits of early warning systems (English)

This paper evaluates early warning measures to be taken during disaster situations. Early warning systems can prevent deaths, but usually there needs to be infrastructure in place to accommodate the people who heed the warnings. Risk reduction is found to be most effective when there has been an investment in critical infrastructure. In Hong Kong, improving the housing structure made people safer in their homes during floods and typhoons, making evacuation...

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Rogers, David ;

Tsirkunov, Vladimir;
Document Date
2010/01/01
Document Type
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Report Number
69358
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/05/31
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction : costs and benefits of early warning systems
Keywords
tropical cyclone

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Rogers, David ; Tsirkunov, Vladimir.

Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction : costs and benefits of early warning systems (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/609951468330279598

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