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Natural disaster
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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TL;DR: The most frequent and costliest natural disaster in the United States, yet most households are uninsured or underinsured against flood and may incorrectly expect that government agencie... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Flooding is the most frequent and costliest natural disaster in the United States, yet most households are uninsured or underinsured against flood and may incorrectly expect that government agencie...
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TL;DR: The findings show that health related coping strategies and agentive capabilities in the context of impending crises vary from one micro-context to the next, which suggests a dynamic and integrative resilience that could be built on further, but one which remains remote from wider discourses on health security.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between tourism economies and impacts of hurricanes in the southeastern United States containing coastal national parks, known for attracting a large number of tourists and having experienced hurricanes was investigated.
Abstract: As a major contributor to local economies, the tourism industry has been greatly impacted by natural disasters. This study demonstrates the association between tourism economies and impacts of hurricanes in the southeastern United States containing coastal national parks, known for attracting a large number of tourists and having experienced hurricanes. In keeping with two longitudinal data methods (i.e. panel logit model and autoregressive integrated moving average), this study focused on the relationship between the (1) duration, intensity, and damage of hurricanes; (2) existing climate conditions; and (3) tourism demand on park visitation during hurricane and tourism seasons. As a whole, the impacts of hurricanes and climate conditions (precipitation, temperature) were found to have a negative effect on tourism demands (park visitation). With regard to the response of tourism economies to natural disaster damage, parks that experienced stronger natural disasters may be closed for a longer period in ord...
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01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on seismic and flood events in industrial plants and in the storage sites, causing for example damage to pipelines, to process equipment, to storage tanks and consequently the release of hazardous materials.
Abstract: The term Natech refers to natural disasters triggering technological accidents. In fact, because of the interaction between the natural and the industrial risk it is possible that several effects take place in industrial plants and in the storage sites, causing for example damage to pipelines, to process equipment, to storage tanks and consequently the release of hazardous materials. There are different kinds of natural events or, in general terms, of natural causes of industrial accidents (landslides, hurricanes, high winds, tsunamis, lightning, cold/hot temperature, floods, heavy rains etc.), nevertheless in the present study the attention is focused only on seismic and flood events. In fact, several accidents occurred in the last decades in industrial sites evidenced that typology of natural phenomena may cause severe damages to equipment items, resulting in losses of containment, thus in multiple and extended releases of hazardous substances. Because of these multiple and simultaneous failures with release, cascading events are more likely to occur during a natural disaster than during normal plant operation. Some examples of natech events like the flood in the Samir refinery in Mohammedia, Morocco, in 2002 or the Kocaeli earthquake in Turkey in 1999 are available in the scientific literature or in the accident databases . In both cases the natural event occurred in a refinery and involved several storage equipment items and generated fires and explosions. These reports allow to better understand the particular severity of the industrial accidents triggered by flood and seismic events. The reference for the prevention of chemical accident in the European Commission is the Seveso Directive II (96/82/EC). The aim of the Seveso Directive is Prevent Major accidents which involve dangerous substances and to limit their consequences for man and environment with a view to ensuring high levels of protection throughout Community in a consistent and effective manner. (Council Directive 1996) The Seveso Directive is addressed indirectly to Natech risk management; in fact it calls for the analysis of the external events in The identification and accidental risk analysis and prevention methods. The analysis of external events which can lead to chemical accident implies the consideration of the potential threat of natural hazards in the hazard analysis, and carrying out mitigation measures in case an accident occurs. Nevertheless the methodologies and the actions that can be taken to achieve these requirements are not specified and limited work has been devoted to the development of quantitative assessment procedures for Natech risk. How to obtain EU publications Our priced publications are available from EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu), where you can place an order with the sales agent of your choice. The Publications Office has a worldwide network of sales agents. You can obtain their contact details by sending a fax to (352) 29 29-42758. The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.
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01 Feb 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a study on the impacts of climate change on disaster risk in Mozambique, conducted from May 2008 January 2009 by the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) and funded by Denmark, UNDP and GTZ, attempts to provide preliminary answers to the following questions: To what extent will vulnerability and exposure to natural disasters alter with projected climate change, given socio-economic developments, by 2030 and 2060? What is the extreme scenario? What adaptation is needed to reduce vulnerability to these impacts of Climate change?
Abstract: The study on "Impacts of Climate Change on Disaster Risk in Mozambique," conducted from May 2008 January 2009 by the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) and funded by Denmark, UNDP and GTZ, attempts to provide preliminary answers to the following questions: To what extent will vulnerability and exposure to natural disasters alter with projected climate change, given socio-economic developments, by 2030 and 2060? What is the extreme scenario? What adaptation is needed to reduce vulnerability to these impacts of climate change?
This document contains the main findings in answer to the above. For more information on methodologies followed and detailed results, the reader is referred to the main report. The team members who worked on this study are listed in Annex 1.
For the purpose of this study, Mozambique was divided into 5 zones. Three zones are based on the regional/provincial administrative division of the country i.e. South (Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane provinces), Central (Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia), and North (Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa). The fourth zone is the coastal zone, as it is most vulnerable to cyclones and has the most socio-economic infrastructure, with associated dominant patterns of population settlement. The fifth zone represents the river flood plain systems, vulnerable to both floods and water stress. A detailed baseline description for each zone is given in the main report (agricultural section).
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