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About: Natural disaster is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5456 publications have been published within this topic receiving 104808 citations. The topic is also known as: natural calamity & natural hazard.


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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the role of disaster preparedness in national planning with specific reference to Droughts is discussed, with particular reference to ENSO with accessibility of database information to Facilitate Early Detection of Extreme Events to Help Mitigate their Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Abstract: Impacts of Natural Disasters in Agriculture, Rangeland and Forestry: an Overview.- The Role of Disaster Preparedness in National Planning with Specific Reference to Droughts.- The Occurrence and Predictability of Extreme Events over the Southwest Pacific with Particular Reference to ENSO.- Accessibility of Database Information to Facilitate Early Detection of Extreme Events to Help Mitigate Their Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.- Tools for Forecasting or Warning as well as Hazard Assessment to Reduce Impact of Natural Disasters on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.- Agrometeorological Impact Assessment of Natural Disasters and Extreme Events and Agricultural Strategies Adopted in Areas with High Weather Risks.- Damage Assessment of Agrometeorological Relevance from Natural Disasters: Economic and Social Consequences.- Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Chinese Lowland Agriculture and Coastal Fisheries.- Frost and High Temperature Injury in China.- Impacts of Sand Storms/Dust Storms on Agriculture.- Disaster Reduction Planning and Response: The Example of National Drought Policy in USA.- Agricultural Drought Policy and Practices in Australia.- Significance of Training, Education and Communication for Awareness of Potential Hazards in Managing Natural Disaster in Australia.- Agrometeorological Disaster Risk Management in China.- Degradation of Vegetation and Agricultural Productivity due to Natural Disasters and Land Use Strategies to Mitigate Their Impacts on Agriculture, Rangelands and Forestry.- Agricultural Drought Mitigation and Management of Sustained Agricultural Development in India.- Early Detection and Monitoring of Drought and Flood in China Using Remote Sensing and GIS.- The Decision of the Center of a Tropical Cyclone over China Coastal Waters Using a Doppler Radar.- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Analysis of Forest Fire Risk and Assessment of Forest Degradation.- Conclusions and Recommendations.

40 citations

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TL;DR: The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, a transportation canal, was used by only a dozen ships for which it was designed during the entire last year before Hurricane Katrina.
Abstract: Objectives. Although many observers have interpreted Hurricane Katrina's damage to New Orleans as a case of nature striking humans, we draw on the sociological concept of the growth machine to show that much of the damage resulted instead from what humans had done to nature—in the name but not the reality of “economic development.” Methods. We triangulate findings from multiple qualitative techniques, including first-hand fieldwork, interviews, and analyses of historical records. We focus on a particularly telling illustration: the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, a transportation canal. Results. Although the canal was widely predicted to deliver prosperity, it mainly created environmental damage, destroying wetlands that had formerly protected New Orleans from hurricanes. Despite enthusiastic predictions about its economic importance—plus millions of dollars in ongoing federal investments—the “outlet” was used by only a dozen of the ships for which it was designed during the entire last year before Katrina hit. Conclusions. This was clearly not a case of an “enduring conflict” between the environment and the economy; it was a case where economic benefits to a tiny number of beneficiaries created profound costs to the environment, and to humans in turn. Claims about supposed “economic benefits” from environmentally harmful projects need to be examined more closely in other contexts, as well.

40 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of natural disasters on households' livelihoods, their assets and other aspects of well-being in Nigeria were assessed, and the authors suggest the need for insurance schemes with counterpart government funding to ensure speedy recovery from natural disaster impacts for all categories of people.
Abstract: The study set out to assess the effects of natural disasters on households' livelihoods, their assets and other aspects of well being in Nigeria. As expected, there were differential impacts on respondents from natural disaster occurrences. Floods were found to be the most common natural disaster type in a study carried out in six states of the country. FINDINGS from the survey conducted on 1116 respondents show that a significant proportion of respondents' experienced severe negative effects on their dwelling units (47%), household assets (41%) and on children's schooling (45%). Others suffered severe health related impacts, while access to utilities such as electricity and water supply was also severely constrained for some. About half of the respondents from rural areas were displaced as a result of natural disaster events. Children formed the highest number among those displaced. The damage/loss/replacement assessment shows that respondents spent a little above N200,000 on the average to replace losses and fix damages incurred from natural disaster impacts. Urban/rural differentials show that mean spending to replace losses was higher for rural respondents, although these also had lower average earnings. Male/female analysis of natural disaster impacts shows that males had a higher proportion of spending. The chi-square test to analyze significant differences in level of spending to fix damages show significant differences for urban/rural groups, as well as for male/female groups (P The authors suggest the need for insurance schemes with counterpart government funding to ensure speedy recovery from natural disaster impacts for all categories of people. Language: en

40 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis of tsunami vulnerability for the Jembrana Regency in Bali, Indonesia is presented, where buildings as well as residential and agricultural areas were found to be particularly at risk in the study area.
Abstract: The coastal zone is a precious area that sustains many people and various ecosystems of high biological and economic importance. However, ecosystems and human settlements in coastal regions can be vulnerable to natural disasters such as tsunamis. Around Indonesia, seismic activity under the Indian Ocean has caused frequent earthquakes and tsunamis. In this paper, we describe a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis of tsunami vulnerability for the Jembrana Regency in Bali, Indonesia. We used multiple geospatial variables of topographic elevation and slope, topographic relation to tsunami direction, coastal proximity, and coastal shape. We also incorporated expert knowledge by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to construct a weighting scheme for the geospatial variables. In order to examine tsunami vulnerability in relation to land use, we overlaid an official land-use map on the tsunami vulnerability map. Buildings as well as residential and agricultural areas were found to be particularly at risk in our study area. GIS-based analyses can aid in a wide range of disaster assessment and facilitate regional planning for management and mitigation of natural disasters such as tsunamis. We expect that the tsunami vulnerability map presented here will contribute to preliminary tsunami mitigation and management efforts in the Jembrana Regency.

39 citations

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TL;DR: This paper examined the effect of diversity on regional economic resilience to natural disasters and found that economic diversity aided counties in weathering the downturn following the flood and sped their return to long-term patterns of employment.
Abstract: Problem, research strategy, and findings: Little research examines the effect of diversity on regional economic resilience to natural disasters. We examine whether economic diversity benefits regional economies in typical circumstances and in recovery after a natural disaster, using the case of the 1993 U.S. Midwest flood. By matching counties in the nine states affected by the flood to control counties, we isolate the influence of diversity on employment and income in normal circumstances and after a substantial shock. We found economic diversity to have mixed associations with employment and income in typical circumstances. On average, economically diverse counties tended to experience faster employment gains but slower growth in per capita income than less diverse areas. The effect of economic diversity upon resilience following a natural disaster was unambiguous. Economic diversity aided counties in weathering the downturn following the flood and sped their return to long-term patterns of employment a...

39 citations


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