Natural Disasters in the Middle East and North Africa : A Regional Overview

Natural Disasters in the Middle East and North Africa : A Regional Overview

Disasters are increasing worldwide, with more devastating effects than ever before. While the absolute number of disasters around the world has almost doubled since the 1980s, the average number of natural disasters in Middle East and North Africa...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	CLIMATE ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES NATURAL DISASTERS URBANIZATION WATER SCARCITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19203331/natural-disasters-middle-east-north-africa-regional-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17829

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