1. Disaster Risk in BIMSTEC Countries
Kamal Kishore
National Disaster Management Authority, India
8 August 2017
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

2. BIMSTEC Context 4.7 million sq km of surface area
Abundant human resource of 1.5 billion people
Combined GDP of US$ 2.7 trillion
22% of world population
Only 1.4% of world income
30% of the world poor
40% of world illiterates

3. BIMSTEC Context
Bay of Bengal + the two land locked countries of Nepal and Bhutan are global disaster hotspots
Earthquake, landslide, avalanche, flood, cyclone, tsunami, drought, forest fire etc
Countries of the region have lost 2 to 20% to disasters
Disasters further worsened conditions of poverty
Aggravated the fragile eco-system of the region

4. Disaster Mortality by Disaster Type in BIMSTEC
( )
Total: 515,378
60%
20% (includes tsunami)
12% 3% 1%

5. Disaster Mortality in BIMSTEC (Ten-year Moving Average 1995-2015)

6. Flood Mortality in BIMSTEC
(Ten-year moving average )

7. Disaster Mortality as Proportion of Global Mortality
(Ten-year moving average )

8. Disaster Mortality by Disaster Type in BIMSTEC
( )
Large Chunk of Mortality attributed to Cyclones
Bangladesh (1991)
Myanmar (2008)
India (1999)
… but significant progress made in the last 15 years
Earthquake mortality risk is very high and continues to rise
30-year period is too short
Flood mortality risk is persistent at a significant level

9. What leads to high level disaster risk?
HAZARDS almost all principal natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, cyclones, drought, and landslides
EXPOSURE Large, disproportionate concentration of people, capital assets and economic activity in hazard prone areas. This exposure is increasing!
VULNERABILITY Inherent vulnerability of the built environment, socio-economic systems, environmental concerns exacerbating risk

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