Percentage change in economic loss risk, exposure and vulnerability to floods in the OECD and in Latin America and the Caribbean as modelled, 1990– 2010 (compared to baseline year 1990)

Description: In the case of floods, economic loss risk is increasing faster in OECD and high-income
countries than in other geographic and income regions, even though exposure in these countries is increasing at a far slower rate than elsewhere, for example Latin America and the Caribbean.
Published in: 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction - Revealing Risk, Redefining Development
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