150 million to face flood risk by 2070 - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

150 million to face flood risk by 2070
Tue Dec 4, 2007 5:03am EST

By Simon Challis

LONDON (Reuters) - As many as 150 million people in
the world's big coastal cities are likely to be at
risk from flooding by the 2070s, more than three
times as many as now, according to a report released
on Tuesday.

Climate change, population growth and urban
development will mean the number at risk will rise from
the current 40 million while total property and
infrastructure exposure is forecast to rise to $35
trillion -- 9 percent of projected global GDP.

The report from the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development, put together by disaster
modeling firm Risk Management Solutions and leading
scientists, is the first part of the largest ever study
on urban coastal flood exposure.

The report analyzed the vulnerability now and in the
future of 130 port cities to a major flood, on a scale
likely to occur once in 100 years.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL0443550620071204

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