People in poor urban areas are the least likely to be able to rebuild their lives after a natural disaster, and need support in order to become more sustainable, according to research from the University of Nottingham.
'Poverty Alleviation in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda' is a three-year collaborative research project with the University of the Philippines, looking at the effectiveness of the aid efforts in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) in 2013.
Typhoon Yolanda was extremely powerful and deadly. Its effects were particularly felt in the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record in the modern era. At least 6,300 people died, although the official death toll is highly contested. 4.4 million people were displaced and more than one million houses were destroyed.
The total number of people affected by the typhoon, in terms of livelihood, environmental and food security, was approximately 16 million.
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Posted on Tuesday 21st November 2017