chapter 4 - DRK

Strictly under embargo until Wednesday 22 September at 00:01 GMT (02:01 Geneva time)about 65 per cent of the world’s economically active population works in industry andservices and a very high proportion of all industry and services are in urban areas. Mostof the world’s largest cities are in the world’s largest economies.Figure 2.2The change in the average population size of the world’s 100largest cities, 1800 to 2000Population (millions)766.305432102.000.730.18 0.281800 1850 1900 1950 2000Source: Satterthwaite (2007)Figure 2.3Changes in the proportion of GDP for low- and middle-income nations,1950–2005%10090807060504030201001950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005% GDP from industryand services% labour force in industryand services% level of urbanizationSource: Satterthwaite (2007)There is a very large deficit in provision for the infrastructure and services that reducedisaster risk for much of the population in Latin America, Africa and Asia. But much ofthe reason for this is institutional failure and governance failure. Although rapid urbanWorld Disasters Report 2010 – Focus on urban risk33