Publication: Disaster Risk Management in South Asia : A Regional Overview
Date
2012-12
ISSN
Published
2012-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Despite increasing disaster risk in
South Asia Region (SAR), awareness and understanding of this
risk among individuals and governments remains low. As an
emerging topic, exposure and vulnerability to natural
hazards and their consequential impacts are not yet at the
forefront of development agendas. Disasters result from the
combination of three key elements: i) natural hazards,
including earthquakes, cyclones, excess rainfall, tsunamis,
etc.; ii) exposure (of people and property to these
hazards); and iii) vulnerability (of the human and physical
capital exposed) due to physical, social, economic,
governance, and environmental factors that increase the
susceptibility of a community to the impact of a natural
hazard. To promote engagement in disaster and climate risk
management practices, this report informs readers about the
elements that are driving increases in disaster risk in SAR.
The report first examines the regional rise in disaster
events and losses, the nature of the hazards, the drivers of
current and future disaster loss, and provides an overview
of activities that can reduce the vulnerability of exposed assets.
Citation
“World Bank. 2012. Disaster Risk Management in South Asia : A Regional Overview. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/ef9a2ef3-e51f-5e25-ab52-194d590ccd63 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”