Nearly one hundred percent of the most endangered cities are in Asia

Nearly one hundred percent of the most endangered cities are in Asia. Data from Verisk Maplecroft shows that 414 cities worldwide with more than 1 million inhabitants face environmental problems. The cities are home to 1.4 billion people. The Indonesian capital is mainly bothered by heavily polluted air. During the rainy season, it regularly encounters floods and is also affected by earthquakes. According to Indonesian President Yoko Widodo, one of the causes of floods is the disruption of the ecosystem and the pollution of rivers by garbage, which subsequently clogs runoff. At least 30 people lost their lives in the floods in and around the Indonesian capital Jakarta in 2020. In 2019, the Indonesian president presented plans to move the capital from the island of Java to the island of Borneo. However, the project was suspended due to the outbreak of a pandemic. Indian cities are abundant in the top ten of the most endangered cities. According to Verisk Maplecroft, the dirty air of the second most populous country in the world was responsible for one in five deaths in 2019, which led to economic losses of $ 36 billion. The capital, with more than 20 million inhabitants, has been awarded the "title" of the second most risky city in the world. It is followed by the cities of Chennai (third in the ranking), Agra (sixth in the ranking) and Kanpur (tenth in the ranking.) The cities of Jaipur (22nd), Lakhnau (24th), Bangalore (25th) and Mumbai (27th). In 2019, the Indian capital was hit by a "smog calamity", which in some places reached such a level that the range of measuring instruments was short. Doctors did not recommend residents to go out and the government had to close schools. According to a report by Verisk Maplecroft, cities in East Asia are more vulnerable to natural disasters. The Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Tung-kuan are prone to flooding. The Chinese city of Shenzhen, as well as Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, are once again facing earthquakes and typhoons. Pollution is also a major problem in China. The beginning of the pandemic, which led to an economic slowdown and the closure of some factories, partially helped to clean up the local atmosphere.