Acknowledgements
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Indies);
Imen Meliane (The Nature Conservancy);
Lilian Mercado Carreon (ASEAN); Jessica Mercer
(Secure Futures);
James Morissey (University of
Oxford);
Ilan Noy (Victoria University of Welling-
ton);
Richard Olson (Florida International Uni-
versity);
Edmund Penning-Rowsell (University
of Oxford);
Robyn Pharoah (University of Stel-
lenbosch);
Jean Michel Piedagnel (Woodseer
Resources);
Angelika Planitz, (UNDP); Aromar
Revi (IIHS); Dominic Sam (UNDP); Neha Sami
(IIHS);
Juan Pablo Sarmiento (Florida Interna-
tional University);
David Satterthwaite (IIED);
Jo Scheuer (UNDP); Lisa F. Schipper (Stockholm
Environment Institute);
Antony Oliver Smith
(University of Florida);
David Smith Wiltshire
(National University Costa Rica);
Jacob Songsore
(University of Ghana);
Marcela Tarazona (Oxford
Policy Management);
Daniel Toole (UNICEF);
Marco Toscano (UNISDR); Emily Wilkinson (Over-
seas Development Institute);
Scott Williams
(PricewaterhouseCooper);
Ben Wisner (Universi-
ty College London).
Additional research:
Felipe Baritto (Geohidra Consultores); Amir
Bazaz (IIHS); Susan Cutter (University of South
Carolina);
Melanie Gall (University of South Car-
olina);
Terry Gibson (GNDR); Stefan Hochrainer
(IIASA);
Garima Jain (IIHS); David Johnston
(Massey University);
Reinhard Mechler (IIASA);
Junko Mochizuki (IIASA); Khai Nguyen (Univer-
sity of South Carolina);
Ilan Noy (Victoria Univer-
sity of Wellington);
Mark Pelling (King’s College
London);
Ayisha Siddiqi (King’s College London);
Bill Solecki (City University of New York); Keith
Williges (IIASA).
National disaster loss data
Albania: Civil Defense of Albania (Emanuela Toto,
Marco Massabo);
Antigua and Barbuda: NODS
(Philmore Mullin);
Argentina: CENTRO (Alejandra
Celis);
Bolivia: Vice Ministerio de la Defensa Civ-
il – VIDECI (Carlos Mariaca Ceballos, Omar Pedro
Velazco);
Cambodia: National Committee for
Disaster Management Cambodia (Sophal Sam);
Chile: Universidad de Chile (Alejandro León,
Carolina Clerc);
Colombia: Corporación OSSO
(Andres Velásquez, Natalia Diaz, Nayibe Jiménez,
Cristina Rosales, Unidad para la Gestión del
Riesgo de Desastres);
Comoros: Protection Civ-
il Comores (Abdillahi Maoulida Mohamed);
Costa Rica: Programa Integral de Gestión de
Riesgos de Desastres de la Universidad Nacional
– PRIGD UNA (Alice Brenes Maykall, David Smith);
Djibouti: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches de
Djibouti CERD (Samatar Abdi Osman, Ahmed
Madar);
Dominica: Office of Disaster Manage-
ment, Dominica (Don Corriette);
Ecuador: Sec-
retaría Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos – SNGR
(Dalton Andrade Rodríguez);
El Salvador: Univer-
sidad de El Salvador, Dirección General del Obser-
vatorio Nacional DGOA del Ministerio del Medio
Ambiente y Recursos Naturales – MARN (Edgar
Armando Pea, Ivonne Jaimes);
Ethiopia: Minis-
try of Agriculture and World Food Programme –
WFP (Animesh Kumar, Workneh Hundessa, Edget
Tilahun, Getnet Kebede);
Grenada: NEMO Gre-
nada (Terence Walters);
Guatemala: La Red de
Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres LA
RED (Gisela Gellert);
Guyana: Civil Defence Com-
mission – CDC (Kester Craig, Sherwin Felicien);
Honduras: Instituto Hondureo de Ciencias de la
Tierra IHCIT de la Universidad Nacional Autóno-
ma de Honduras UNAH (Nabil Kawas, Oscar
Elvir);
India: Tamil Nadu, State Disaster Man-
agement Authority (Ganapathy Pattukandan);
Indonesia: Indonesian National Board for
Disaster Management BNPB (Ridwan Yunus);
Islamic Republic of Iran: Ministry of Interior and
UNDP (Amin Shamseddini);
Jamaica: Office for
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Man-
agement – ODPEM (Leiska Powell, Anna Tucker,
Rashida Green, Sherese Gentles, Sashekia Powell,
Fredene Wilson);
Jordan: Jordanian Civil Protec-
tion (Waleed Al-So’ub);
Kenya: National Disaster
Operations Center (Oliver Madara, Isabel Njihia,
Faith Langat);
Laos: National Disaster Manage-
ment Organization – NDMO, Laos (Sisomvang
Vilayphong, Bouasy Thammasack, Thitiphon
Sinsupan, Hang Thi Thanh Pham, Thanongdeth
