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Global Disaster Information Global Disaster Information Network Network www.gdin.org www.gdin.org

briefing briefing by by

Larry Winter Roeder, Jr Larry Winter Roeder, Jr Executive Director Executive Director GDIN GDIN gdincommunity@hotmail.com gdincommunity@hotmail.com

Natural Disasters are a Global Systemic Risk.

A single event can wipe out a billion dollars of development, and cause widespread human suffering and political instability.

Disasters worldwide annually kill more than 133,000 people, make more than 140 million homeless, and cost $440 billion in property damage. Future disasters could cost more than $150 Billion each.

One billion

people live in disaster-prone shanty towns.

40 of the 50

fastest growing cities are located in earthquake zones.

Volcanoes Threaten cities and Refugees

Much of the disaster prone world is poor, with little internet access, little or no insurance and limited ability to use modern disaster information technology.

GDIN International is a global partnership aimed at providing decision makers the right information in the right format and at the right time. To address these issues, you are invited to Partner with GDIN, The Global Disaster Information Network

GDIN will work anywhere on any kind of disaster.

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GDIN2002 June 19-22, 2002, Rome

www.gdin.org www.gdin.org

Executive Director of GDIN: Larry Roeder, lroeder@hotmail.com Coordinator for GDIN2002 Dr. Raniero Guerra, MD Director General, International Relations – gdincommunity@hotmail.com