Research and analysis

Natural disasters: measuring the human and economic impact

Report looking at how the human and economic impact of natural disasters is measured.

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Measuring the human and economic impact of disasters

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This report analyses the available data on disasters to explore the human and economic impact. It looks at current disaster data collection methods and datasets and draws out trends.

This review was commissioned as part of the Foresight project on reducing the risk of future disasters.

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Published 27 November 2012

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