Avner, Paolo; Hallegatte, Stephane; Marconcini, Mattia; … - 2022
same period, settlements exposed to the highest flood hazard level increased by 122 percent. In many regions, risky growth … is outpacing safe growth, particularly in East Asia, where high-risk settlements have expanded 60 percent faster than … safe ones. Developing countries are driving the recent growth of flood exposure: 36,500 square kilometers of settlements …