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13 November 2010
Natural Hazards and UnNatural Disasters – the Economics of Effective Prevention
A report has just been released by the World Bank and the United Nations on the ecoonomics of disaster risk reduction. This post briefly reflects upon the key findings of this influential document.
27 January 2010
On narrow-minded press coverage
Southern Peru has for the last few days suffered extremely heavy rainfall. The Living in Peru blog reports upon the impact for local people in the province of Urubamba, Cusco. This includes10 people killed; 2,000 collapsed houses leaving 10,000 people homeless; and crops, cattle and roads swept away. The district of Yucay is isolated due to the floods, the Vilcanota river has broken its banks on both sides, causing many …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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