INDONESIA, China, India Are Most At Risk Of Disaster

VIVAnews --A recent survey conducted Maplecroft, a United Kingdom institution risk assessment further confirms the position of Indonesia as a country prone to disaster.

Survey results refer to, United States and Japan issued the highest costs for natural disasters. While Asian giants ', '--China, India, and Indonesia--proportionately greater risk. As reported by the site's Channel News Asia, Thursday, August 11, 2011.

Maplecroft meranking 196 countries according to the economic exposure related to earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, storms, and wildfires.

Four countries--the United States ranks first, followed by Japan, China and Taiwan are considered ' extreme risk ' which means, most bear the costs in the face of natural disasters.

Meanwhile, seven other countries namely, Mexico, India, the Philippines, Turkey, Indonesia, Italy, and Canada high risk assessed in absolute terms.

However, different results appear when each country is judged on the basis of the economic and social skills in dealing with disasters. China, India, the Philippines, and Indonesia belongs to the category high, while the United States and Japan is relatively low risk.

Meanwhile, 17 countries, mostly in Africa, Somali-led is considered at risk of extreme, according to a barometer of the economic and social security.

Survey of Natural Hazards Risk Atlas 2011 consider 11 indicators for 2005-2010 data compiled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and the US Intelligence Agency (CIA). This Survey does not cover the effects of drought on the national economy or the cost of agricultural terdampak of natural disasters. "Natural disasters have cost dearly against the world economy than in previous years," said researcher Maplecroft.

"Tsunami in Japan and a tornado in the US, earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, and flooding in Australia has contributed a large fund swallows US $ 265 billion in just the first six months of this year."

Earlier, the head of the Center for Data and information of national disaster relief Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said, based on data from the Agency of the UNITED NATIONS International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR), Indonesia is very high risk of disaster.

To the tsunami disaster, Indonesia occupies the first rank of 265 countries in the world, with a total 5.402.239 people who will be affected. "For the disastrous landslides, Indonesia is also the first rank of 162 countries with 197.372 terdampak people," said Sutopo, Wednesday, August 10, 2011. (Read more here) (eh)

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