Which type of natural hazard is the most frequent? And which one causes the largest economic losses? Which populations are mainly affected? What are the necessary steps to reduce natural hazards’ impact? If you have ever wondered about any of these questions, you’d be interested to know that there is an institute answering all of them with a series of reports and ad hoc publications. We are ...[Read More]
The CRED presents the bill: the socio-economic cost of natural hazards.
Fig. 1 Flood at Trans-en-Provence (Var - France) June 2010, photo credit: Dimitri Defrance (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)