Pitfalls and Reality in Global and Regional Hazard and Disaster Risk Assessments
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Last years natural disasters brought enormous economical losses and caused hundreds of thousand deaths, which make the problem of disaster risk reduction (DRR) one of priorities for all countries and nations. The results of such investigations are very important as they distinguish the “hot spots”, i.e. the most vulnerable areas and the most dangerous phenomena, characteristic for specific areas. Unfortunately these efforts sometimes lead to erroneous conclusions, which can be explained by using imperfect or just erroneous local inventories on disasters. In the present paper authors try to analyze some of pitfalls in Global and National Disaster Risk Assessments and in particular those related to South Caucasus region and Georgia. Hazards and risks in Georgia are recalculated using representative local data.
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