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     • Vulnerability is not simply about poverty, but extensive research over the past 30 years has revealed that it is generally the poor who tend to suffer worst from disasters. Impoverished people are more likely to live in hazard-exposed areas and are less able to invest in risk-reducing measures.
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     Poverty and inequality as a risk driver of disaster

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   Are the poor disproportionately affected by natural disasters?

   • Our research suggests that the poor are disproportionately affected by natural disasters. Despite progress in preparing for natural disasters, the poor may not have the resources to move away from areas facing natural disasters, while the rich may be able to leave.

   Natural Disasters by Location: Rich Leave and Poor Get Poorer

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   Are poor people more likely to be affected by disasters?

   • It explores the role of exposure (often, but not always, poor people are more likely to be affected by hazards), vulnerability (when they are affected, poor people tend to lose a larger fraction of their wealth), and socio-economic resilience (poor people have a lower ability to cope with and recover from disaster impacts).

   From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature - Springer

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   Are natural disasters causing poverty?

   • Surveys reveal that natural disasters are partly responsible for the flow of households into poverty. In Senegal, a household affected by a natural disaster was 25% more likely to have fallen in poverty over the 2006–2011 period (Dang et al. 2014).

   From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature - Springer

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   How do natural disasters affect the poor?

   • Poor people are typically more exposed to natural hazards, losing more as a share of their wealth and are often unable to draw on support from family, friends, financial systems, or governments. Unbreakable uses a new method of measuring disaster damages, factoring in the unequal burden of natural disasters on the poor.

   Natural Disasters Force 26 Million People into Poverty and Cost $520bn

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   How many people are affected by natural disasters a year?

   • MARRAKESH, November 14, 2016– The impact of extreme natural disasters is equivalent to a global $520 billion loss in annual consumption, and forces some 26 million people into poverty each year, a new report from the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) reveals.

   Natural Disasters Force 26 Million People into Poverty and Cost $520bn

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   Are poor people more able to recover from natural disasters?

   • For example, in response to the flooding and landslides in communities in Nepal in 2011, only 6% of the very poor sought government support, compared with almost 90% of the well-off (Gentle et al. 2014). As a result, there is evidence that people at lower income level have more difficult to recover from natural disasters.

   From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature - Springer

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3. link.springer.com › article › 10From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature

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   Apr 24, 2020 · Poor people are disproportionally affected by natural hazards and disasters. This paper provides a review of the multiple factors that explain why this is the case.

   • Author: Stéphane Hallegatte, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Julie Rozenberg, Mook Bangalore, Chloé Beaudet

   • Publish Year: 2020

4. www.scientificamerican.com › article › naturalNatural Disasters by Location: Rich Leave and Poor Get Poorer

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   Jul 2, 2017 · Our research suggests that the rich may have the resources to move away from areas facing natural disasters, leaving behind a population that is disproportionately poor.

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5. www.weforum.org › 01 › climate-crisis-poor-davos2023The climate crisis disproportionately hits the poor. How can ...

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   Jan 13, 2023 · Compared to the 1980s, they have already experienced approximately eight times as many natural disasters in the past 10 years. By 2050, unchecked climate change might force more than 200 million people to migrate within their own countries, pushing up to 130 million people into poverty and unravelling decades of hard-won development achievements.

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7. www.nature.com › articles › s41893/023/01107-7The wider the gap between rich and poor the higher the flood ...

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   Apr 17, 2023 · Economic inequality is rising within many countries globally, and this can significantly influence the social vulnerability to natural hazards. We analysed income inequality and flood disasters...

8. www.theatlantic.com › ideas › archiveWhy Natural Disasters Are Worse for the Poor - The Atlantic

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   Jan 21, 2019 · January 21, 2019. Natural disasters are equalizing forces. Fires torch the homes of the rich and the poor alike. Hurricanes destroy cruise ships as well as decade-old cars. Earthquakes...

9. www.nature.com › articles › s41467/022/30727-4Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries | Nature ...

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   Jun 28, 2022 · Natural hazards. Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards, with particularly disastrous impacts in low-income countries. This study presents global estimates of the number of people...

10. www.worldbank.org › en › newsNatural Disasters Force 26 Million People into Poverty and ...

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    Nov 14, 2016 · The impact of extreme natural disasters is equivalent to a global $520 billion loss in annual consumption and forces some 26 million people into poverty each year.