Global risk assessment reveals high flood exposure in lower-income populations, highlighting disproportionate vulnerability to extreme environmental hazards.
Flooding is a pervasive natural hazard, with new research demonstrating that more than one in five people around the world live in areas directly exposed to 1-in-100 year flood risk. Exposure to such flood risk is particularly concentrated amongst lower income households worldwide.
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