Annual disaster statistical review: numbers and trends 2006

This publication is an analysis of the disaster figures in 2006 compared to 2005 and 2000-04.

CRED has been publishing statistics on disasters every year since 1998, thanks to the generous support of the United States Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). This support has allowed to maintain CRED’s Emergency Events database (EM-DAT) which contains essential core data on the occurrences and effects of disasters in the world from 1900 until today. The main objective of EM-DAT is to inform humanitarian initiatives at national and international levels. It also rationalizes decision-making for disaster preparedness, as well as provides an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.

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Reference code:

DRR10438

Date:

2007

Author(s):

Hoyois, P. ; Scheuren, J-M. ; Below, R. ; Guha-Sapir, D.

Pages:

54 p.

Sources:

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Santé et Société (UCL)

Keywords

Themes:: Health & Health Facilities, Economics of DRR
Hazards:: Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Land Slide, Avalanche, Tornado, Tsunami, Wild Fire