WHY CAN RESILIENT HOUSING CHANGE THE WORLD? JAKARTA, INDONESIA I PHOTO: XAVIER CONESA #BUILDBETTERBEFORE URBANIZATION –AN UNSTOPPABLE TREND 2015 1950 MORE THAN 50% OF THE POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS. MORE THAN 50% OF THE POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS. THEY REPRESENT BETWEEN 50% AND 90% OF FAMILIES’ ASSETS. HOMES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET IN MOST PEOPLE’S LIVES. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA I PHOTO: XAVIER CONESA 80% OF THE FAMILIES LIVING IN A HOUSING DEFICIT NEED A BETTER HOME, NOT A NEW HOME. RESILIENT HOUSING IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE NEED! 60% OF DEATHS FROM NATURAL DISASTERS ARE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES*. *EARTHQUAKES ARE ONLY 4% OF ALL NATURAL DISASTERS. RESILIENT HOUSING CAN SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES. PISCO, PERU I PHOTO: XAVIER CONESA POPULATION GROWTH (1970-2010): +87% IN FLOOD PLAINS: +114% IN CYCLONE-PRONE COASTLINES: +192% UNLESS WE START DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, MORE FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE BUILDING IN DANGEROUS AREAS. RECONSTRUCTION COSTS MORE THAN 10 TIMES WHAT PREVENTION COSTS. THE BILL IS PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI I PHOTO: ISTOCK GOVERNMENTS UNDERSTAND IT! www.worldbank.org #BUILDBETTERBEFORE GLOBAL PROGRAM RESILIENT HOUSING Sarah Antos [email protected] Luis Triveno [email protected] Horacio Terraza [email protected]
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WHY CAN
RESILIENT HOUSINGCHANGE THE WORLD?
JAKARTA, INDONESIA I PHOTO: XAVIER CONESA
#BUILDBETTERBEFORE
URBANIZATION –AN UNSTOPPABLE TREND
2015
1950
MORE THAN 50% OF THE POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS.MORE THAN 50% OF THE POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS.
THEY REPRESENT BETWEEN 50% AND 90% OF FAMILIES’ ASSETS.
HOMES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETIN MOST PEOPLE’S LIVES.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA I PHOTO: XAVIER CONESA
80%OF THE FAMILIES LIVING IN A HOUSING DEFICITNEED A BETTER HOME, NOT A NEW HOME.
RESILIENT HOUSING IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE NEED!
60% OF DEATHS FROM NATURAL DISASTERSARE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES*.
*EARTHQUAKES ARE ONLY 4% OF ALL NATURAL DISASTERS.
RESILIENT HOUSING CAN SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
PISCO, PERU I PHOTO: XAVIER CONESA
POPULATION GROWTH (1970-2010):
+87%IN FLOOD PLAINS:
+114%IN CYCLONE-PRONE COASTLINES:
+192%
UNLESS WE START DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, MOREFAMILIES WILL CONTINUE BUILDING IN DANGEROUS AREAS.
RECONSTRUCTION COSTS MORE THAN 10 TIMESWHAT PREVENTION COSTS.
THE BILL IS PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI I PHOTO: ISTOCK
GOVERNMENTS UNDERSTAND IT!
www.worldbank.org#BUILDBETTERBEFORE
GLOBAL PROGRAMRESILIENT HOUSING
Sarah [email protected]
Luis [email protected]
Horacio [email protected]
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