VD.163-What is exposure ? - ( UNDRR ).

What is exposure?

Short-sighted decisions like expanding cities into wild lands, building chemical plants in flood plains, and developing houses on active volcano slopes put millions at risk.

In this video, learn how exposure to hazards, exacerbated by climate change, can increase disaster losses.

As more people and assets are exposed to hazards, disaster losses increase.

If a hazard occurs in an area of no exposure, then there is no risk.

Learn how regulating land use and considering present and future risks in development can help protect people and create safer communities.

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