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On a global scale, the number of disasters caused by
weather-related phenomena such as storms, floods, and
droughts has more than doubled over the past decade, from
175 in 1996 to 391 in 2005 (IFRC 2008). The same trend
(Fig. 1) is being observed in the case-studies under inves-
tigation, which is Rivierenland
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