- Title
- Multi-hazard risk assessment in the Rakhine state of Muanmar - Synthesis report
- Abstract
- Myanmar is a country exposed to a number of hazards such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires etc. Over the decades, Myanmar has experienced a number of cyclones, floods and landslides. Major parts of the country especially the coastal region are mostly affected by the hazards. The main goal of the project "Multi Hazard Risk Assessment in the Rakhine State of Myanmar" is an understanding of the vulnerability of communities to various natural hazards and a comprehensive picture of the impact of natural hazards as well as the determined degree of exposure to future hazardous events.
- Publication Date
- Nov. 1, 2011, 5 p.m.
- Category
- Geoscientific Information
- information pertaining to earth sciences. Examples: geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion
- Regions
- Myanmar
- Approved
- No
- Published
- Yes
- Featured
- No
- DOI
- None
- Attribution
- None
- Name
- Andy (andy)
- Position
- Organization
- Location
- Voice
- Fax
- Identification Image
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- Spatial Extent
- ---
- Projection System
- EPSG:4326
- Extension x0
- None
- Extension x1
- None
- Extension y0
- None
- Extension y1
- None
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
- coastal_flood, river_flood, tsunami, landslide, earthquake
- Name
- Stu Fraser (stu)
- sfraser@worldbank.org
- Position
- Senior Disaster RIsk Management Specialist
- Organization
- World Bank
- Location
- Voice
- Fax
- Link Online
- /documents/814
- Metadata Page
- /documents/814/metadata_detail
- Online Link
- /documents/814/download
- Name
- Andy (andy)
- Position
- Organization
- Location
- Voice
- Fax