Couple Model of Forecast and Assessment for Drought and Waterlogging Disasters

ByusingthetheoreticalstudyofAtmosphericScience,SoilScience,HydrologicalScience,Agri-culturalScienceandGeographicalScienceincludingdroughtandwaterloggingdisasters,acouplemodelofAtmosphere-Soil-RiverValley-Vegetationasanorganicwholeisestablishedforfore-castingandassessingdroughtandwaterloggingdisasters.1IntroductionChinaisoneoffewcountriesthatnaturaldisastersoccurfrequentlyandcausegreateconomiclosses.Inrecentyears,economiclosscausedbydisastershasreachedmorethanloobillionyuan,accountingfor3…     

The Theory and Method on Assessment of Economic Loss of Disaster

1TkeDefinitionandCIassificationofDisasterLossIngeneral,thenaturaldisasterlossisadeclinemeasurethatcausedbynaturaldisasterendan-geredhumanbeingsurvivalanddevelopment.Itcanbedividedintotwoparts-economiclossandnon-economicloss,accordingtodifferentobjectofdestroy.Onthecharacteristicoflossofnaturaldisaster(fromhereon,thelossreferstoeconomiclossifnotbenoted),aswellastheneedsofassessment,thelosscanbeclassifiedasinFig-l.(1)Thelossofbusinessfirmassetsandhouseholdpropertiesarethevaluereductionofasset…     

The Disaster of Abnormal Floods and Waterloggingin the Huai River Valley and Its Prevention and Redu

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Strategic Orientation and Basic Exploration Thinking of the Western Development of China

1 Western development strategy is nationwide. The Western development strategy is initiated from the general goal, the overall arrangement and the general strategic deployment of the nation's development. The followings are included: (1) the initiative factors of the western development strategy are: a tremendous economic growth in the eastern and coastal area of China; an unprecedented development of the national abilities on investment and independent growth; the widening gap between the ea…     

Concept of Flood Risk Map and Its Application

1 The concept of flood risk map and its mapping procedure Flood risk management is the process for analysis and assessment of flood risks as well as to form and implement the disaster mitigation plans. Flood risk analysis is the basic work of flood risk assessment and management that can provide people with the possibilities of flood occurrence and its risk in specific areas and consequently raise the public awareness of flood help to form a reasonable flood prevention plan. However, flood ris…     

Numerical Model and Simulating Technology of Severe Disasters

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Qpening of International Conference on Seismic Resistance Achievements of Tangshan Recovery and Reconstruction Resistance and Disaster Prevention Technology The 12th National Meeting of Seismic Resistance

Internationalconferenceonseismicresistanceanddisasterpreventiontechnologyandonachieve-mentsofTangshanrecoveryandreconstrction,organizedjointlybytheMinistryofConstructionofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandthePeople'sGovernmentofHebeiProvince,andthe12thNationalMeetingofSeismicResistance,organizedbytheMinistryofConstructionofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,wereheldinTangshanfromJuly18to2OandfromJuly22to23,l996respectively.Inthefirstmeetingoftwoabove-mentioned,therewerehundredsrepresentativesfromC…     

Preparedness and Mitigation of Urban Earthquake Disaster in China

Chinaisoneofthecountriessufferedfromworstearthquakedisastersintheworld.ChinaissituatedonthesoutheastmarginofEuroAsiaPlate,betweentwobiggestearthquakebelts,theCircumPacificearthquakebeltandHimalayasMediterraneanearthquakebelt.Thisspecificenvironmentma...     

A Grading Model and Its Application of Natural Disaster

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A Case Study of Tianjin on the Recovery and Reconstruction of Large Cities after Earthquake

Forthepast20years,strongearthquakeshitthemainlandofourcountryoneafteranother,affectingsomelarge-and-mediumscalecities.WhatneedsspecialmentionisthebigearthquakeinTangshancity,whichcausedseveredamagetoTangshan,Tianjinandotherneighbouringcities.Therecoveryandreconstructionofthesecitieshavebeenacommonandprominentissue.NowIwilltakeanexampleoftheurbanareaofTianjinrnunicipalitytohaveacasestudyonhowtostartrecoveryworkwithrespecttoinfrastructureandbuildingcomplexityaftertheearthquakeinTangshanin1976,…     

The Effects of Meteorological Disaster Assessmenton Disaster Protection and Reduction

1TheImportanceofMeteorologicalDisasterAssessmentMeteorologicaldisasterisoneofthemostfrequentanddestructivenaturaldisasters.Soit'sveryimportanttoassessitscientificallyandtotakepropermeasurestopreventit;toimprovesocialandeconomicbenefits.Forexample,windaffectsgreatlyharborsanddocks,Whenweplantobuildadock,greatbenefitswillcomeifthesiteisreasonablyselected.Inthel98O's,whenShanghaiGasCompanyplannedtobuildagasworksandacoaldock,thereweretwositestobeconsidered,oneinShidongkou,BaoshanDistrictandth…     

The National Situation of Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief in 1997

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Analysis and Prediction of the Causesto the 1998 Flood in China

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The Construction of Science and Culture in China's Urban Disaster Reduction

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Analysis of the Characteristics of "94.6" Catastrophic Storm Rainfall and Flood-waterlogging in Zhujiang River Basin

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Continue to blame it on the rain? Conceptualization of drought and failure of food systems in the Greater Horn of Africa

Food insecurity continues to be prevalent in parts of Africa. In December 2015, there were approximately 21.6 million food insecure people in the Horn and East Africa. Climate change is likely to exacerbate current volatility of agricultural production and lead to further food insecurity. Whilst the academic literature has acknowledged the complexity of food insecurity and systems, it is not clear to what extent this has been translated into practice. We argue that there is a tendency to explain complex failures of food systems as ‘droughts’, with insufficient attention paid to other drivers. We analyse humanitarian documents and climate outlook statements in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia and assess how these are reflected in the humanitarian responses to food insecurity in the region by analysing the financing of humanitarian operations. Our findings indicate that the continued evolution in understanding the complex causes of food insecurity and attempts to move away from emergency relief to a more sophisticated approach has not translated into an observable change in humanitarian responses. The reasons behind this persistence of short-term relief, which is being justified with reference to climatic factors, mainly drought, would warrant further research into the decision-making process that triggers humanitarian responses.

List of abbreviations: ACF: Action Contre le Faim; DCM: Drought Cycle Management; DEC: Disaster Emergency Committee; ECHO: European Commission Humanitarian Office; EU: European Union; EWS: Early Warning System; FAO: Food and Agricultural Organization; FEWSNET: Famine Early Warning System Network; FSNAU: Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit; FTS: Financial Tracking Service; GHACOF: Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum; GIEWS: Global Information and Early Warning System; IASC: Inter Agency Standing Committee; ICPAC: IGAD Climate Application and Prediction Centre; IFRC: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development; IPCC: International Panel for Climate Change; LEWS: Livestock Early Warning System; ODI: Overseas Development Initiative; PASDEP: Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to Eradicate Poverty; PSNP: Productive Safety Net Programme; UNDRO: United Nations Disaster Relief Office; UNISDR: United Nations International; UN OCHA: United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; USAID: United States Agency for International Development; WFP: World Food Programme     

Training as an Element of Post 1991 Flood Disaster Recovery in Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces and in De

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Practical Science and Technology for Disaster Reduction in Chinese Academy of Sciences

DisasterMonitoringSystemwithRemoteSensingfromAeroplanetoGroundCenterforSpaseScienceandAppliedResearchhasworkedonDisasterMonitoringSystemwithRemoteSensingfromaeroplanetogroundforalongtime.NowapracticalsystemissetupandhasbeensuccessfullyusedinfloodmonitoringinChina.Thesystemcombinesthedatalink,videoandprocessingtechnology.Thesystemcantransmitthedatafromaeroplanetothegroundstationandgetthevideothenprocessthedataandrecorditinrealtime.Thesystemcanalsomonitorflood,fireandotherkindsofdisasters…     

Practical Science and Technology for Disaster Reduction in Chinese Academy of Sciences

ContentsForewordTheBriefIntroductiontoCDR,CASPracticalScienceandTechnologyforDisasterReduction:1OverallDesignandImplementationofNational,ProvincialandRegi0nalSyntheticalScientificSystemforDisasterReduction2ThePrewarningServiceSystemofSevereTypho0nandHeavyRrainDisasters3FastProcessingSystem0fDisasterandDamageEstimati0n4EvaluatingTechn010gy0fFloodDisasterbyUseofGISandRemoteSensing5AirborneSyntheticApertureRadar6RemoteSensingMonit0ringofForestPestsbyUsingSatellite7Syntheti…