This research aims to explore how gender influences resilience in the face of disasters and the associated economic impacts.
Analysis of disaster records from 2001 to 2010
Examination of gender differences in susceptibility and adaptive capacity
Assessment of economic costs related to disasters
Disasters affected an average of 232 million people yearly between 2001 and 2010
Economic losses from disasters reached approximately US$108 billion annually
Gender-specific vulnerabilities were highlighted, showing varied resilience outcomes.
Abstract
Between 2001 and 2010, recorded disasters alone affected, on average, 232 million people each year, in addition to the 106 million who were killed, and caused an estimated US108 billion in economi. . .