This volume focuses on the status of the elderly and the disabled after
disasters globally as well as the challenges of post-earthquake rebuilding in
Haiti. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
has estimated that between 1987 and 2007, about 26 million older people were
affected each year by natural disasters alone and that this figure could more
than double by 2050 due to the rapidly changing demographics of ageing. People
with disabilities (physical, medical, sensory or cognitive) are equally at risk
of utter neglect during and after disasters. The Australian Agency for
International Development estimates that 650 million people across the world
have