Disaster Risk Index : Environment for UPSC Exams
Disaster Risk Index : Environment for UPSC Exams
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The index is part of the World Risk Report 2016 released by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart in Germany.
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India has been ranked 77th out of 171 countries.
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The index assessed the risk of disaster through the combined analysis of natural hazards and societal vulnerabilities.
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Ranking No.1, the island state of Vanuatu displayed the greatest risk in 2016.
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The repost says, “Lack of critical infrastructure and weak logistic chains substantially increase the risk that an extreme natural event will become a disaster”.
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Pakistan ranks 72nd, Sri Lanka 63rd, Bangladesh 5th position, China 85th and Nepal 108th position.
The index is part of the World Risk Report 2016 released by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart in Germany.
India has been ranked 77th out of 171 countries.
The index assessed the risk of disaster through the combined analysis of natural hazards and societal vulnerabilities.
Ranking No.1, the island state of Vanuatu displayed the greatest risk in 2016.
The repost says, “Lack of critical infrastructure and weak logistic chains substantially increase the risk that an extreme natural event will become a disaster”.
Pakistan ranks 72nd, Sri Lanka 63rd, Bangladesh 5th position, China 85th and Nepal 108th position.