1. Global risks: Pool knowledge to stem losses from disasters.
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Cutter, Susan L., Ismail-Zadeh, Alik, Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema, Altan, Orhan, Baker, Daniel N., Briceño, Salvano, Gupta, Harsh, Holloway, Ailsa, Johnston, David, McBean, Gordon A., Ogawa, Yujiro, Paton, Douglas, Porio, Emma, Silbereisen, Rainer K., Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi, Valsecchi, Giovanni B., Vogel, Coleen, and Wu, Guoxiong
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NATURAL disasters ,ECONOMIC impact ,EARTHQUAKES ,NEPAL Earthquake, 2015 ,CYCLONES ,CLIMATOLOGY ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The article focuses on the need for increased public awareness, risk research and aligned targets to increase resilience against natural disasters. Topics mentioned include an overview of severe natural disasters which occurred in April and May 2015 such as the earthquakes in Nepal and Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu, continued increase in the number and severity of disasters, and estimated annual global economic losses resulting from geophysical, hydro-meteorological and climatological events.
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- 2015
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