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World Urbanization
Prospects, the 2011 Revision |
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Map 26: Urban agglomerations by
size class and potential risk of multiple natural disasters,
2011 |
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Select year: 1970
2011
2025 |
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Overview |
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Source: United
Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population
Division: World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision.
New York 2012 |
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Note:
Data on floods, droughts, and earthquakes are from a report entitled
Natural Disaster Hotspot: A Global Risk Analysis, available at
(http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/chrr/research/hotspots/).
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Disclaimer:
This thematic map is for data illustration purposes only.
The boundaries, names shown and designations used on this map do not
imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. |
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These maps use the
geographical coordinates for the centroid of the urban agglomeration
to determine whether the agglomeration is located in
an area which is classified
according to the potential risk of multiple natural disasters. |
