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Disasters can be particularly notable for the high costs associated with responding to and recovering from them. This page lists the economic costs of relatively recent disasters. *2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan: estimated more than $300 billion *2008 Sichuan earthquake, China, $148 billion *1995 Great Hanshin earthquake $102.5 billion.〔Great Hanshin earthquake〕 *''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill, Gulf of Mexico, 2010: Between $60 and $100 billion.〔http://www.rff.org/Documents/RFF-BCK-Cohen-DHCosts.pdf〕 *Hurricane Katrina, United States, August 2005: insurances compensated $45 billion;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuclear industry: Face your demons - towards full liability for nuclear power plant operators )〕 *2011 Thailand floods: $45.7 billion (World Bank estimate of total economic damages and losses) *2011 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand, $40 billion〔2011 Christchurch earthquake〕 *Hurricane Ike, United States, September 2008, $29.6 billion *1998 Yangtze River floods, China: $26 billion.〔Pbs.org. "(Pbs.org )." ''Great wall across the Yangtze.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-01.〕 *Hurricane Andrew, United States, August 1992: $25 billion *September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001: $20.7 billion; *1994 Northridge earthquake, CA, United States, January 1994: $20 billion;〔1994 Northridge earthquake〕 *Chernobyl disaster, 1986: $15 billion estimated cost of direct loss. It is estimated that the damages could accumulate to €235 billion for Ukraine and €201 billion for Belarus in the thirty years following the accident; *2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, many nations, $15 billion〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Costs beyond measure )〕 *Armero tragedy, Colombia, 1985, $7 billion. *2013 Alberta floods, Canada, 2013, estimated $3 billion - $5 billion.〔http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=b089dd83-4d5a-401e-bbb9-2a10c51593e2〕 * ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill, 1989: The clean-up of the oil spill cost an estimated $2.5 billion; recovery for settlements, $1.1 billion; and the economic loss (fisheries, tourism, etc.) suffered due to the damage to the Alaskan ecosystem was estimated at $2.8 billion; * Cedar Fire, United States, 2003, $2 billion * AZF chemical plant explosion, Toulouse, France, 2001: €1.8 billion * 2011 Slave Lake wildfire, Canada, $1.8 billion. The costs of disasters vary considerably depending on a range of factors, such as the geographical location where they occur. When a disaster occurs in a densely populated area in a wealthy country, the financial damage might be huge, but when a comparable disaster occurs in a densely populated area in a poorer country, the actual financial damage might relatively small, in part due to a lack of insurance. For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with a death toll of over 230,000 people, cost a 'mere' $15 billion,〔 whereas in the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill, in which 11 people died, the damages were six-fold. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of disasters by cost」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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