As in many small island developing states (SIDSs), exposure to flood hazards in Fiji and Vanuatu is driven by the growing concentration of people and assets in low-lying urban coastal areas. Disasters affect ever more people in these areas, causing increasing harm to employment, housing and basic services such as education and healthcare.
This report presents a first attempt to fill this information gap by estimating future riverine flood displacement risk at the national and sub-national level for Fiji and Vanuatu. It proposes a new methodology that provides a more comprehensive assessment of vulnerability in the context of disaster displacement risk.