The Conversation:
Why are so many people still living in flood-prone cities?
1 March 2016
Over the last 30 years, floods have killed more than 500,000 people globally, and displaced about 650m more. In a recent paper published by the Centre for Economic Performance, we examined why so many people are hit by devastating floods. We looked at 53 large floods, which affected more than 1,800 cities in 40 countries, from 2003 to 2008. Each of these floods displaced at least 100,000 people from their homes.
This article was published by The Conversation blog on March 1, 2016
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Related publications
Flooded Cities,Adriana Kocornik-Mina, Thomas K. J. McDermott, Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 20, Issue 3, Winter 2015/16
'Flooded Cities', Adriana Kocornik-Mina, Thomas K. J. McDermott, Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1398, December 2015
Related links
Guy Michaels webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage