Unbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters

by Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Mook Bangalore, Stephane Hallegatte, et al.

'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a rich person that it does to a poor person; the gravity of a $92 billion loss depends on who experiences it. By focusing on aggregate losses--the traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464810036
• ISBN13: 9781464810039
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"