Table 2.
Distribution of studies according to their primary environmental hazard and geographical region of focus.
| Region | Extreme Temperatures | Floods | Hurricanes | Pollution Peaks | Multiple Events | Total by Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Australia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Europe | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Turkey | 2 | 2 | ||||
| North America | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Total | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
1 As Turkey is both in Europe and Asia it was considered a region of its own; 2 all studies in North America were from the U.S.; 3 when two or more different types of extreme events were considered in a study.