Disaster Risks to Infrastructure in El Salvador

The document outlines a multi-hazard study funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network for the Government of El Salvador, which modeled nearly 100 hazard scenarios affecting critical infrastructure. The study found that the long-term average annual loss to analyzed infrastructure is estimated at US$35.5 million, with earthquakes and floods accounting for nearly 80% of these losses and schools identified as the infrastructure type most at risk. The brief recommends using these estimates to prioritize retrofits, integrating results into local planning, expanding risk metrics, analyzing climate change impacts on specific hazards, and improving inter-ministerial collaboration.

• The estimated long-term average annual loss for the analyzed infrastructure is US$35.5 million, which constitutes 0.41% of the total value of the infrastructure stock.
• Earthquakes and floods are the primary drivers of expected losses, accounting for nearly 80% of the total. When considering annual average losses, schools are the infrastructure type most at risk.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2016). Disaster Risks to Infrastructure in El Salvador. https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-disaster-risks-infrastructure-el-salvador

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Disaster Risks to Infrastructure in El Salvador. 2016. https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-disaster-risks-infrastructure-el-salvador.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2016disaster, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Disaster Risks to Infrastructure in El Salvador}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2016}, month = sep, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-disaster-risks-infrastructure-el-salvador}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }