Working Paper on DRR in Comoros

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9987b320-c36f-11e5-959d-040146164b01

Date

Feb. 1, 2015, 2:26 p.m., Publication

Abstract

"In 2013, following a grant agreement signed between UNISDR and the Indian Ocean Commission, a joint UNISDR/ISLANDS project was started entitled “Strengthening Capacities for Unified Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through the Facilitation of Risk Transfer and Financing Mechanisms”. It was implemented within the “ISLANDS Programme for Financial Protection against Climatic and Natural Disasters”. It also forms a part of UNISDR’s global project for around 30 countries: “Building Capacities for Increased Public Investment in Integrated Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: 2012-2015” financed by the European Union. Four island countries in the Indian Ocean as well as the Government of Zanzibar participated in the ISLDNDS programme composed of three components: the establishment of reliable disaster loss database (Component 1), risk evaluation and probabilistic risk assessment profiles (Component 2) and incorporation of risk management into public investment planning (Component 3). Economic analysis and policy reviews were developed as a package. This report aims to summarize all activities implemented in the project with a focus on public investment planning (Component 3) while a technical report on Components 1 and 2 is also available1. As a first step (Component 1), a total of 105 data cards on disaster events and losses in the Comoros between 1980 and 2013 were registered in the national disaster loss databases. Economic loss totalled USD 9.8 million (2012 constant price). When intensive and extensive losses are combined, cyclone causes 58% of total losses, followed by flood (35%) and storm (4%). In the following probabilistic risk analysis (Component 2), Average Annual Loss (AAL) for tropical cyclonic wind and earthquake was estimated at USD 0.16 million and USD 0.21 million respectively. Compared to the earthquake risk, tropical cyclonic winds represent a less important hazard since the associated losses for the same return periods are lower than those for earthquakes."

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Responsible

andy

Point of Contact

Fraser

sfraser@worldbank.org

Purpose

Maintenance Frequency

None

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not filled

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None

License

Public Domain

Language

eng

Temporal Extent

Start

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Supplemental Information

strong_wind

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Spatial Reference System Identifier

EPSG:4326

Keywords

(9875, 78, 438, 48, 78, 'Risk Assessment', 'risk-assessment'), (9873, 80, 438, 48, 80, 'UNISDR', 'unisdr'), (9874, 158, 438, 48, 158, 'Comoros', 'comoros')

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Geoscientific Information

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Comoros

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Working Paper on DRR in Comoros