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This article explores the impacts of floods on the economy, environment, and society and tries to clarify the rural community’s
coping mechanism to flood disasters in Central Viet Nam. It focuses on the social aspects of flood risk perception that shapes
the responses to floods. The research findings revealed that flooding is an essential element for a coastal population, whose
livelihood depend on productive functions of cyclical floods. The findings also revealed that floods, causing losses and damages,
often inhibited economic development. The surveyed communities appeared to have evolved coping mechanisms to reduce the negative
impacts of the floods, yet these coping mechanisms are under pressure due to environmental degradation. Integrated flood risk
management is considered as a suitable paradigm for coping with flood disasters.
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Phong TranEmail: |
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Post-Bam earthquake: recovery and reconstruction 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
This paper gives a brief explanation of the earthquake in Bam. It also reports on the rescue and relief operations, including
the construction of emergency shelters and temporary housing, and on the country’s plan for the reconstruction of the city,
which includes debris removal, the rebuilding of rural and urban residential and commercial units, the reconstruction of state
and public buildings and public facilities such as schools, rural and urban water aqueducts and grids, the construction of
a sewage system, power network and telecommunication system, the provision of water to orchards and farmlands, the renovation
of industries and the revival of the cultural heritage, particularly the historical Bam citadel, among others. We also report
briefly on the effect of the Bam earthquake on the Iran Earthquake Risk Reduction Strategy and actions.
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Mohsen Ghafory-AshtianyEmail: |
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The study addresses population dynamics in Ghana on the urban and regional levels between 1984 and 2000. At the urban level,
the development trends are analyzed for urban localities (population above 5,000) on the basis of geo-coded census data. Potential
driving forces for rapid population growth related to size, location, accessibility and facility counts are examined using
bivariate and multivariate analysis. An index of weighted accessibility relative to other urban localities provides significant
explanation at the national level, as does initial locality size. At the regional level, population development is analyzed
to provide insight into the rural–urban relations. The level of urbanization is steadily increasing but varies considerably
between regions. Areas of high population growth are found in some rural areas that have a remote location relative to the
large urban centers. This seems to indicate the existence of ‘frontier’ regions, i.e. areas that experience a high degree
of in-migration by people aiming to undertake specific farming activities. A high proportion of the population growth in these
areas appears to take place in relatively small towns. The paper concludes with a more in-depth discussion of the development
characteristics of Ghana’s Western Region. This region has experienced one of the highest regional population growth rates,
mainly due to its status as a ‘frontier’ for cocoa production.
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Lasse Moller-JensenEmail: |
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Consideration of natural hazards in the design and risk management of industrial facilities 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Recent chemical accidents precipitated by natural disasters have prompted governments in the United States, Japan, and Europe,
among other countries, to re-evaluate current practices in the design and risk management of industrial facilities. This paper
presents an overview of natural hazard design considerations and external events risk management requirements in the industrial
sector, with particular emphasis on industrial practices in the United States, Japan, and Europe. The analysis shows that
although regulations exist to ensure industrial plant structures are built to resist natural hazards (up to the design level),
there are few laws to address the performance of non-structural elements and safety and emergency response measures during
a natural disaster. Laws usually also refer to natural hazards only indirectly, and provisions to prevent or respond to simultaneous
disasters from single or multiple sources concurrent with the natural disaster are usually not present.
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Ana Maria CruzEmail: |
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Almost annually, natural hazards such as floods and landslides cause a great deal of financial loss and human suffering in
Taiwan. In order to gain a better understanding of disaster preparedness, this paper examines several factors in relation
to hazard mitigation behavior: social economic status (education, income), psychological vulnerability (sense of powerless
and helpless), risk perception (perceived impact and control) and social trust. The statistical analysis reported here is
based on the “2004 National Risk Perception Survey of Floods and Landslides in Taiwan”. The main findings include: (1) in
comparison with general public, victims are less willing to adopt risk mitigation measures than the public, even though they
perceive larger impacts, worry more about the hazard, and pay more attention to hazard information; (2) trust, risk perception
and social economic status are positive predictors for mitigation intentions, whereas psychological vulnerability is a negative
predictor; and (3) psychological variables are stronger predictors for mitigation intentions than that of socio-economic variables.
In light of these findings, the policy implications and intervention strategy are also discussed.
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Shuyeu LinEmail: |
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The present state-of-the-art for natech risk and management is discussed. Examples of recent natechs include catastrophic
oil spills associated with Hurricane Katrina and hazardous chemical releases in Europe during the heavy floods of 2002. Natechs
create difficult challenges for emergency responders due to the geographical extent of the natural disaster, the likelihood
of simultaneous releases, emergency personnel being preoccupied with response to the natural disaster, mitigation measures
failing due to the effects of the natural disaster, and others. Recovery from natechs may be much more difficult than for
“normal” chemical accidents, as the economic and social conditions of the industrial facility and the surrounding community
may have been drastically altered by the natural disaster. Potential safeguards against natechs include adoption of stricter
design criteria, chemical process safeguards, community land use planning, disaster mitigation and response planning, and
sustainable industrial processes, but these safeguards are only sporadically applied. Ultimately, the public must engage in
a comprehensive discussion of acceptable risks for natechs.
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Ana Maria CruzEmail: |
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Tornado shelters and the manufactured home parks market 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Manufactured or mobile homes represent a fast growing portion of the housing market but are particularly vulnerable to tornadoes.
In the US over 40% of tornado fatalities occur in mobile homes even though they comprise about 8% of US housing units. We
examine the market for tornado shelters in manufactured home parks in Oklahoma. Almost 60% of parks in the state have shelters,
with 90% of the shelters underground. Parks with shelters are not concentrated in urban areas but spread across the state,
with parks with shelters in 32 counties. We find that rents for lots in parks with shelters are 5–8% higher, which generates
sufficient revenue to approximately pay for shelters, but the point estimate is statistically significant in only one specification.
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Daniel Sutter (Corresponding author)Email: |
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A multicriteria approach for flood risk mapping exemplified at the Mulde river,Germany 总被引:6,自引:4,他引:2
In this paper we develop a GIS-based multicriteria flood risk assessment and mapping approach. This approach includes flood
risks which are not measured in monetary terms; it shows the spatial distribution of multiple risks, and it is able to deal
with uncertainties in criteria values and to show their influence on the overall flood risk assessment. Additionally, the
approach can be used to show the spatial allocation of the flood effects if risk reduction measures are implemented. The approach
is applied to a pilot study for the River Mulde in Saxony, Germany, heavily affected by the hazardous flood in 2002. Therefore,
a GIS database of economic, social and environmental risk criteria was created. Two different multicriteria decision rules,
a disjunctive and an additive weighting approach, are utilised for an overall flood risk assessment in the area. For implementation,
a software tool (FloodCalc) was developed supporting both, the risk calculation of the single criteria as well as the multicriteria
analysis.
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Volker MeyerEmail: |
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José I. Barredo 《Natural Hazards》2007,42(1):125-148
There is a need for comprehensive, standardised and georeferenced information on floods for political and economic decision-making.
Relevant, accurate and up-to-date data is an important aspect for resource distribution, mitigation programmes, disaster monitoring
and assessment. Despite this, there is a lack of spatial and thematic accurate global data for floods. In Europe, historic
data on flood losses and casualties are neither comprehensive nor standardised, thus making long-term analyses at continental
level difficult. In this article, we present a map and catalogue of the major flood events of the last 56 years in the European
Union (EU), Bulgaria and Romania. This study is an effort to alleviate the lack of homogeneous and georeferenced information
on flood disasters for large periods in Europe. The objectives of this paper are to identify and classify the major flood
disasters of the last 56 years in the EU; to map the major flood disasters at pan-European scale with the support of a potential
flood hazard map and ancillary GIS datasets; and to give a picture of the current situation for major floods in the EU on
the basis of past events and current trends.
The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) of the Centre of Research on Epidemiology of Disasters in Brussels (CRED) and United
States Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and NATHAN of Munich Re are two of the main public global databases for
natural disasters. Information from EM-DAT and NATHAN on flood disasters producing more than 70 casualties and/or more than
0.005% of EU GDP in damage has been assessed for the production of the map and catalogue of major flood disasters in Europe.
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José I. BarredoEmail: |
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Issaka Kanton Osumanu 《GeoJournal》2007,68(4):343-355
The Tamale Metropolitan Area (TMA), as a low-income city in a heavily indebted poor country, is at the first stage of the
urban environmental transition where most of the environmental problems tend to occur close to the home. Some of the more
severe household environmental problems are poor housing, inadequate potable water supply, unsanitary conditions, uncollected
garbage, indoor air pollution and pest infestation. Those usually exposed to these environmental burdens are the less wealthy
households who have benefited less from development planning and infrastructure provision. Using questionnaire survey and
focus group discussions, this study explored the environmental anxieties of households in the metropolis. A stratified sample
of residential areas of the city was employed, and the study is able to examine city-wide disparities. The results indicate
that problems of water supply are the concern of all groups. Sanitation and garbage disposal services are problems faced mainly
by the poor in low-income areas. Other problems faced by the poor are overcrowding, indoor air pollution and pest infestation,
but these problems are not highlighted by the poor reflecting a misplaced lack of concern for these problem areas and ignorance
of the health risks posed by these hazards. The finding suggests a considerable demand for improvements in environmental service
provision and a general willingness to pay for such improvements.
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Issaka Kanton OsumanuEmail: |
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An increasingly utilized strategy for expanding conservation in the developing world has been the promotion of protected areas
that supersede national borders. Alternatively known as transfrontier biosphere reserves, transfrontier or transboundary conservation
areas, or Peace Parks, these protected areas are aggressively advanced by conservation agencies for their purported ecological
and economic benefits. This article provides a comparative assessment of two case studies to understand the various impacts
of transboundary conservation. The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which unites protected areas in South Africa, Mozambique
and Zimbabwe, is contrasted with efforts to protect jaguars along the United States–Mexico border. We argue that while these
cases are promising for the purposes of biodiversity protection, they demonstrate that transboundary conservation can minimize
political context, contributes to the hegemony of international conservation agendas, and remains closely linked to economic
neoliberalism and decentralization in the developing world.
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Brian KingEmail: |
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Summary The question of alternative technologies for high-speed Internet access lies at the heart of rural development problems. In
this paper, we focus on one of those technologies, the system combining satellite technologies and Wi-Fi. Based on an empirical
study carried out in three rural areas, we analyze the dynamics of the use and appropriation of that technology by the companies
and organizations participating in the experiment. Considered both from a technical and social standpoint, the technology
‘in use’ appears here in its structuring dimensions.
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Valérie FautreroEmail: |
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Some observations on the prediction of the dynamic parameters of debris flows in pyroclastic deposits in the Campania region of Italy 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Over the last 20 years, many tools have been developed for the prediction of the post-failure behaviour of rapid landslides.
However, as pointed out by several researchers, knowledge may be improved by the performance of back-analyses using different
models and the evaluation of their reliability. This paper reports the back-analysis, conducted using numerical models, of
57 rapid landslides that have occurred in the Campania region. The back-analysis has been performed using the 2-D DAN_W code
(version 2003) with two different rheological models: the Voellmy and the frictional models. The latter has been immediately
discarded because it did not match the observed data. Instead, using the Voellmy model, the best-fit values of the parameters
(friction μ and turbulence ξ) for different types of flow (channelled, un-channelled and mixed flows) have been researched.
With these values a parametric study has been carried out on four representative slope profiles of the Campania region, enabling
the prediction of runout, velocity and depth of flow (dynamic parameters) of potential debris flows.
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Anna Scotto di SantoloEmail: |
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Military activities have produced contaminated environments at many sites around the world. This contamination and the associated
health risks play a large role in how these places can be redeveloped after military use. In this essay we focus on the island
of Vieques, Puerto Rico which was used as a bombing range by the US military for six decades until 2003. We examine the ways
different groups of people perceive this formerly militarized landscape and the ways that these perceptions legitimatize certain
redevelopment options over others. Through participant observation, semi-structured interviews and an analysis of textual
materials we found that many local residents view the island as suffering from severe contamination while the large number
of visitors, tourism promoters and North Americans now flocking to the post-militarized Vieques view it quite differently.
These perceptions of purity and contamination, affected by different knowledges of the island’s history, have led to differing
valuation of the landscape and contentious economic, political, and cultural battles over an island often labeled “natural”
despite a history of military use and social exclusion.
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Jeffrey Sasha DavisEmail: |
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A qualitative Natech damage scale for the impact of floods on selected industrial facilities 总被引:4,自引:2,他引:2
There is increasing evidence that natural disasters can trigger technological accidents and damage. These so-called Natech
accidents can pose a significant risk to regions that are unprepared for responding to them. The European Commission’s Joint
Research Centre has recognised the risk associated with Natech events and has started systematic research into Natechs and
their underlying dynamics. This work investigates the risk associated with the flooding of industrial installations through
an analysis of past case histories and using expert judgement. The potential impact of three levels of flood severity on selected
industrial facilities storing and/or processing (eco-)toxic, flammable or explosive materials is analysed qualitatively and
a scale is developed that links the flood intensity to the level of potential damage. Our analysis indicates that natural
disasters have the potential for triggering hazmat releases and other types of technological accidents. Hence, natural disasters
should be considered as separate accident-triggering events in the planning, design and operating stages of industrial facilities
that process or store hazardous substances. Our work revealed a lack of detailed information on the occurrence of Natech events
which indicates not necessarily a scarcity of Natechs but rather a lack of standardised reporting and record keeping. 相似文献
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Sex offenders are currently a major focus of crime control policies at the local, regional, state and federal levels throughout
the United States. In part, the perceived threat of offender recidivism has motivated legislators to launch stringent community
notification programs and to establish spatial restriction zones (SRZs) around schools, daycare facilities and public parks.
The purpose of these restriction zones is to help protect children and minimize their exposure to convicted sex offenders
living in the community. In addition to the concern that the implementation of SRZs dramatically reduces viable housing options
for registered sex offenders, there are concerns that offenders will be forced to reside in socially disorganized areas that
may encourage recidivism. The purpose of this paper is to explore the demographic and socioeconomic differences between areas
inside and outside SRZs. Implications of these results for sex offender policies are discussed.
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Tony H. GrubesicEmail: |
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Development of a parameterization for simulating the urban temperature hazard using satellite observations in climate model 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Urban surface temperature is hazardously higher than surrounding regions (so-called urban heat island effect UHI). Accurately
simulating urbanization-induced temperature hazard is critical for realistically representing urban regions in the land surface-atmosphere
climate system. However, inclusion of urban landscapes in regional or global climate models has been overlooked due to the
coarse spatial resolution of these models as well as the lack of observations for urban physical properties. Recently, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System (EOS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
observations illustrate important urban physical properties, including skin temperature, surface albedo, surface emissivity,
and leaf area index, It is possible to identify the unique urban features globally and thus simulate global urban processes.
An urban scheme is designed to represent the urban-modified physical parameters (albedo, emissivity, land cover, roughness
length, thermal and hydraulic properties) and to include new, unique physical processes that exist in urban regions. The urban
scheme is coupled with National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Land Model Version 2 (CLM2) and single column
coupled NCAR Community Atmosphere Model CAM2/CLM2 to assess the mechanisms responsible for UHI. There are two-steps in our
model development. First, satellite observations of albedo, emissivity, LAI, and in situ observed thermal properties are updated in CLM2 to represent the first-order urban effects. Second, new terms representing
the urban anthropogenic heat flux, storage heat flux, and roughness length are calculated in the model. Model simulations
suggest that human activity-induced surface temperature hazard results in overlying atmosphere instability and convective
rainfall, which may enhance the possibility of urban flood hazard.
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Menglin JinEmail: |
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The regionalization of urban natural disasters in China 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Jing-ai Wang Pei-jun Shi Xiang-sheng Yi Hui-cong Jia Lai-yin Zhu 《Natural Hazards》2008,44(2):169-179
An integrated urbanization level (CL) index and an integrated natural disaster intensity (QC) index were developed on the
basis of Disaster System Theory and China Natural Disaster Database for integrated urban disaster risk assessment. Integrated
quantitative assessments of the urban socio-economic system and the intensity of hazards in China were carried out by the
Model-Tupu (map series) and inter-feedback process using digital map technology. On the basis of this assessment, China can
be regionalized into three regions, namely, coastal urban disaster region, eastern urban disaster region and western urban
disaster region, 15 sub-regions and 22 units. These results can provide a scientific basis for determining a city’s disaster
risk management and natural disaster relief regionalization in China.
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Pei-jun ShiEmail: |
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Using resistivity measurements for dam safety evaluation at Enemossen tailings dam in southern Sweden 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Internal erosion is a major reason for embankment dam failures. Resistivity measurements is an essentially non-destructive technique, which may have the possibility of detecting internal erosion processes and anomalous seepage at an early stage before the safety of the dam is at stake. This paper presents results from part of a dam safety investigation conducted at the Enemossen tailings dam in southern Sweden. Longitudinal resistivity sections, 2D measurements along the dam crest, provided an overview of the whole dam and served to detect anomalous zones. In selected areas, additional cross-sectional 2D surveys gave detailed information about the geo-electrical situations in the embankments. This information is valuable for similar investigations as information about resistivity in embankment construction material is scarce. Known problem areas were associated with low resistivities, even though the resistivity measurements alone did not provide enough information to confidently come to a decision about the status of the dams.
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S. JohanssonEmail: |
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The Natuf drainage basin in the western hills of Ramallah district is about 200 km2
. Many springs emerge in the area from perched aquifers and outcrop from limestone and dolomite limestone formations. This study
aims to add more information about hydrochemical parameters and the chemical changes in spring water between dry and wet seasons
and to locate possible sources of pollution and their effect on the water quality of water from the springs for domestic and
agricultural uses. The study involved collection and analysis by conventional and available instrumental methods for the hydrochemical
parameters from 12 springs before and after recharge. Water samples of runoff from two places in eastern and western parts
of the study area were collected and analyzed as well. Most of the springs in the study area are of good water quality for
domestic and agricultural uses. Variations in the chemical composition between dry and wet seasons, and from one spring to
another, were observed. Springs near densely populated areas and agricultural activities show higher values of EC, SSP, SAR
and TH. Also uncountable colonies of faecal- and total coliform were detected. Trace amounts, within World Health Organization
(WHO) and the Palestinian standard limits, of cadmium, chromium, cobalt and lead are found in some springs; while concentrations
of iron and zinc that were detected in springs near populated areas are higher than other springs. Water types of Ein Musbah,
Al Alaq and Ein Arik El Tehta are of earth alkaline with increased portion of alkalis with prevailing bicarbonate and chloride
in wet and dry seasons. Other springs show a variation in water type between earth alkaline with prevailing bicarbonate in
the wet seasons to earth alkaline with prevailing bicarbonate and chloride in the dry seasons.
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Marwan Ghanem (Corresponding author)Email: |