Description: In Nepal, extensive flood risk and associated housing damage is concentrated in the densely populated alluvial plains of south-eastern Nepal in the Terai region. Floods in this case are not a consequence of urbanization or population density, but a cause. The richness of the soils is due to the frequent replenishment of nutrients through flooding and the reason why the region can support such a large dense population.
Published in: ISDR (2009) Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
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