The right to life and the right to adequate housing: the indivisibility and interdependence between these rights 2016, para. 19
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Since 2008, an average of 26.4 million people each year have been displaced by natural disasters, including mudslides, earthquakes, floods, typhoons and tsunamis. The likelihood of being displaced by a disaster today is 60 per cent higher than it was four decades ago. Not surprisingly, a key factor of vulnerability is rapid, unplanned and poorly governed urbanization. The poorest and most precariously housed are disproportionately affected by natural disasters, often experiencing tragic consequences; they are also the least able to recover.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/310, para. 19.