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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
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