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<\/p>\nBetween 1960 and 2004, there has been a significant rise in water-related extreme events, such as floods, windstorms, drought and landslide.<\/p>\n
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Statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Belgium revealed that during the ten-year period from 1996 to 2005, about 80% of all natural disasters were of meteorological or hydrological origin.<\/p>\n
For 1992\u20132001, losses from water-related disasters were estimated globally at US $446 billion, accounting for about 65% of economic loss due to all natural disasters.
\nThe increase of affected people since the start of the 21st century is alarming: from 2000 to 2004, 1,942 water-related disasters claiming the lives of 427,045 people and more than 1.5 billion affected people were reported in the CRED disaster database.<\/p>\n
Between 1990 and 2004 the distribution of water-related disasters by region was: Asia 38%, Americas 25%, Africa 21%, Europe 11% and Oceania 5%.<\/p>\n
Floods accounted for over 65% of people affected by natural disasters, while famine affected nearly 20%.<\/p>\n
Between 1973 and 1997 an average of 66 million people a year suffered flood damage, making flooding the most damaging of all natural disasters.<\/p>\n
From 1991 to 2000, drought has been responsible for over 280,000 deaths and has cost tens of millions of US dollars in damage.<\/p>\n
Developing countries are disproportionately affected by disasters; their losses are about 5 times higher per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) than those of rich countries.<\/p>\n
The Hyogo Framework, adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) by 168 delegations in January 2005, is a groundbreaking international commitment to implement a global disaster reduction agenda. Building on numerous prior studies and reports, it articulates a worldwide consensus that disaster risk reduction is an integral part of sustainable human development, not a side issue of limited, technical interest or concern.<\/p>\n
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\n1st United Nations World Water Development Report ‘Water for People, Water for Life’ (2003)<\/a>
\nthe 2nd United Nations World Water Development Report, ‘Water, a shared responsibility’ (2006)<\/a>
\npublication \u2018Let Our Children Teach Us!\u2019<\/a> [PDF format – 2,73 MB]
\nSource: UNESCO Water Portal, October 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"