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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aa98a3 |
Global mortality from storm surges is decreasing | |
Bouwer, Laurens M.1; Jonkman, Sebastiaan N.2 | |
2018 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 13期号:1 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Netherlands |
英文摘要 | Changes in society's vulnerability to natural hazards are important to understand, as they determine current and future risks, and the need to improve protection. Very large impacts including high numbers of fatalities occur due to single storm surge flood events. Here, we report on impacts of global coastal storm surge events since the year 1900, based on a compilation of events and data on loss of life. We find that over the past, more than eight thousand people are killed and 1.5 million people are affected annually by storm surges. The occurrence of very substantial loss of life (>10 000 persons) from single events has however decreased over time. Moreover, there is a consistent decrease in event mortality, measured by the fraction of exposed people that are killed, for all global regions, except South East Asia. Average mortality for storm surges is slightly higher than for river floods, but lower than for flash floods. We also find that for the same coastal surge water level, mortality has decreased over time. This indicates that risk reduction efforts have been successful, but need to be continued with projected climate change, increased rates of sea-level rise and urbanisation in coastal zones. |
英文关键词 | loss of life storm surge coast vulnerability mortality climate change |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000419385900001 |
WOS关键词 | BANGLADESH CYCLONE ; LIFE ; CLIMATE ; LOSSES |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/15082 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Deltares, Delft, Netherlands; 2.Delft Univ Technol, Fac Civil Engn & Geosci, Dept Hydraul Engn, Delft, Netherlands |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bouwer, Laurens M.,Jonkman, Sebastiaan N.. Global mortality from storm surges is decreasing[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,13(1). |
APA | Bouwer, Laurens M.,&Jonkman, Sebastiaan N..(2018).Global mortality from storm surges is decreasing.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,13(1). |
MLA | Bouwer, Laurens M.,et al."Global mortality from storm surges is decreasing".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 13.1(2018). |
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