| The aim behind this research is to develop our understanding of the relations between water-related disasters and their impacts on society,so as to improve policies for hazards mitigation.This technical report presents the results of our assessment and analysis of water-related disasters during the past four decades (1960 to 2004)in particular as reported in the OFDA/CRED Emergency Disaster Database (EMDAT), University of Louvain,Belgium.The results presented in graphics and tabular forms for each type of water-related disasters allow the reader to evaluate the current state of the global and regional trends.The outcome of the report puts emphasis on numbers of emerging issues and challenges for the concrete evaluation of social and economic vulnerabilities to water-related disasters.The findings introduced in this study were presented in front of the UN Expert Group on Risk Management led by WMO and ISDR for consideration during the production of the 2nd Edition of the World Water Development Report(WWDR) managed by the Secretariat of the UN-World Water Assessment Programme(UN-WWAP)hosted by UNESCO. |
