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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: Findings of disaster readiness of local governments to weather‐related disasters shows that small, resource poor governments will not be able to respond well, and social inequities will grow, to support stronger, more effective readiness for the next biological catastrophe.
Abstract: This research presents implications of the global pandemic on local government resiliency in the United States. We explore insights from local government officials and managers at the frontlines of response and recovery efforts to the biological natural disaster. Also, findings from the latest nationwide survey of U.S. local governments regarding their preparedness for weather-related natural disasters informs responses to the current crisis. Results indicate that local governments are innovating and taking strategic actions to fight the virus. This, even though COVID-19 has exposed social inequities exacerbated as the virus spreads. Survey findings of disaster readiness of local governments to weather-related disasters shows that small, resource poor governments will not be able to respond well, and social inequities will grow. Policy strategies at all levels of government must recognize and account for these inequities as threat of this virus subsides, to support stronger, more effective readiness for the next biological catastrophe. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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TL;DR: The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 as discussed by the authors is probably the greatest seismic disaster to have struck western Europe and it has been used to model the physical characteristics of and damage caused by the earthquake, but also to consider the implications for present day hazard assessment and urban planning.
Abstract: Affecting an area of ca. 800 000 km 2 and killing up to 100 000 people, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 is probably the greatest seismic disaster to have struck western Europe. The shock waves of the earthquake placed a temporary brake on the emerging rationalism of the European Enlightenment and attempts to explain the disaster in terms of human sinfulness coloured many contemporary accounts. Notwithstanding these difficulties, through careful archival research it has proved possible to obtain relatively value-free accounts of most aspects of the earthquake and to use these not only to model the physical characteristics of and damage caused by the earthquake, but also to consider the implications for present day hazard assessment and urban planning. This paper reviews the progress that has been made in: identifying source and faulting mechanisms; the processes involved in the generation and impact of tsunamis; damage caused to different types of building and the use being made of historical earthquakes of different sizes - of which the 1755 event is the largest - in defining future hazard scenarios for Lisbon and other areas of Iberia.
86 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a spatially refined global tropical cyclone data set is created to test whether countries adapt to hurricanes and find evidence of adaptation in most of the world by examining the effects of income, population density and storm frequency on damage and fatalities.
Abstract: We examine whether countries adapt to hurricanes. A spatially refined global tropical cyclone data set is created to test for adaptation. We find evidence of adaptation in most of the world by examining the effects of income, population density, and storm frequency on damage and fatalities. In contrast, there is no evidence of adaptation to damage in the United States, leading to a damage function which is 14 times higher than other developed (OECD) countries.
85 citations
TL;DR: The experiences and solutions of nurses and other personnel from 3 Disaster Medical Assistance Teams assigned to the New Orleans airport responsible for perhaps the most massive patient assessment, stabilization, and evacuation operation in U.S. history are described.
85 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that in order to mitigate disaster impact on poor population groups, development policy and disaster management need to become mutually supportive, and propose that in disaster-prone locations measures to improve disaster resilience should be an integral part of food security policies and strategies.
84 citations