People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries

Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards affecting people around the world. This study provides a global estimate of the number of people who face the risk of intense fluvial, pluvial, or coastal flooding. The findings suggest that 1.47...

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Main Authors: Rentschler, Jun, Salhab, Melda
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669141603288540994/People-in-Harm-39-s-Way-Flood-Exposure-and-Poverty-in-189-Countries
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spelling okr-10986-346552022-09-20T00:09:05Z People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries Rentschler, Jun Salhab, Melda FLOOD RISK POVERTY VULNERABILITY EXPOSURE SOCIAL PROTECTION POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards affecting people around the world. This study provides a global estimate of the number of people who face the risk of intense fluvial, pluvial, or coastal flooding. The findings suggest that 1.47 billion people, or 19 percent of the world population, are directly exposed to substantial risks during 1-in-100 year flood events. The majority of flood exposed people, about 1.36 billion, are located in South and East Asia; China (329 million) and India (225 million) account for over a third of global exposure. Of the 1.47 billion people who are exposed to flood risk, 89 percent live in low- and middle-income countries. Of the 132 million people who are estimated to live in both extreme poverty (under $1.9 per day) and in high flood risk areas, 55 percent are in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 587 million people face high flood risk, while living on less than $5.5 per day. These findings are based on high-resolution flood hazard and population maps that enable global coverage, as well as poverty estimates from the World Bank's Global Monitoring Database of harmonized household surveys. 2020-10-22T18:06:17Z 2020-10-22T18:06:17Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669141603288540994/People-in-Harm-39-s-Way-Flood-Exposure-and-Poverty-in-189-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34655 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9447 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic FLOOD RISK
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
EXPOSURE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY
spellingShingle FLOOD RISK
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
EXPOSURE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY
Rentschler, Jun
Salhab, Melda
People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9447
description Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards affecting people around the world. This study provides a global estimate of the number of people who face the risk of intense fluvial, pluvial, or coastal flooding. The findings suggest that 1.47 billion people, or 19 percent of the world population, are directly exposed to substantial risks during 1-in-100 year flood events. The majority of flood exposed people, about 1.36 billion, are located in South and East Asia; China (329 million) and India (225 million) account for over a third of global exposure. Of the 1.47 billion people who are exposed to flood risk, 89 percent live in low- and middle-income countries. Of the 132 million people who are estimated to live in both extreme poverty (under $1.9 per day) and in high flood risk areas, 55 percent are in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 587 million people face high flood risk, while living on less than $5.5 per day. These findings are based on high-resolution flood hazard and population maps that enable global coverage, as well as poverty estimates from the World Bank's Global Monitoring Database of harmonized household surveys.
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author Rentschler, Jun
Salhab, Melda
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Salhab, Melda
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title People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries
title_short People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries
title_full People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries
title_fullStr People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries
title_full_unstemmed People in Harm's Way : Flood Exposure and Poverty in 189 Countries
title_sort people in harm's way : flood exposure and poverty in 189 countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669141603288540994/People-in-Harm-39-s-Way-Flood-Exposure-and-Poverty-in-189-Countries
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