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Why so many people are still living in high-risk flood areas

3 March 2016

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 Daily News (USA) on March 3, 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
Ferdinand Rauch webpage
Trade Programme webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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