鄱阳湖洪灾特征与圩区还湖减灾运用方式研究

根据水文资料,分析了鄱阳湖入湖五大河流来水与长江水情对鄱阳湖洪灾的影响和鄱阳湖洪水位的频率特征,探讨了湖区中小圩区"高水还湖滞洪,低水种植养殖"的减灾运行方式对湖区防洪减灾可以起到的作用。     

长江中下游地区21世纪气候变化情景预测

利用IPCC数据分发中心提供的7个模式的模拟结果,分析了由于人类活动影响,温室气体(GG)增加以及温室气体和硫化物气溶胶(GS)共同增加时,长江中下游地区未来50～100年的气候变化情景.结果表明,长江中下游地区21世纪的未来温度变化与全球和全国一样,都将呈增加的趋势.GG作用下,2050年和2100年长江中下游地区的变暖幅度分别为2.2℃和4.5℃左右,比全国以及东部和西部地区的变暖幅度小;GS作用下2050年和2100年,其分别为1.2℃和3.9℃,总体上,长江中下游地区的变暖幅度低于全球与全国的变暖幅度.各个季节相比,春季和冬季的增温幅度最大,夏季最小,在两种情形下,长江中下游地区21世纪中期夏季温度将分别增加2.3和0.8℃,2100年将分别增加4.1和3.1℃.对降水变化的分析表明,GG作用下,长江中下游地区与全球、全国以及中国西部和东部地区相比,降水增加的幅度最大;GS作用下,降水增加趋势不明显;综合7个模式的模拟结果,GG作用下,春季和秋季降水增加最明显,夏季次之;GS作用下,长江中下游地区的年平均降水变化不明显,夏季降水增加.同时,本文还对长江中下游地区21世纪中期和末期的温度和降水变化的地理分布进行了分析,两种情形下,都是长江以北的增温幅度大于长江以南.GG作用下,春季长江中下游地区21世纪中期降水将增加5%～7.5%,夏季则是长江下游地区降水增加较大,将增加10%,而长江中游地区降水增加不明显;21世纪末,春季和夏季长江中下游地区的降水增加幅度都将加大,尤其是长江以南地区的降水增加最明显;考虑GG和GS的共同影响后,长江以南的地区降水增加,长江以北地区降水减少.     

厄尔尼诺事件对河南省降水的可能影响

本文采用小波变换方法分析了近50年来赤道东太平洋月海温距平序列和河南省月降水量距平序列的多层次时间尺度结构，对厄尔尼诺事件和河南降水的周期变化规律进行了对比分析，并讨论了厄尔尼诺对河南降水的可能影响。结果表明，厄尔尼诺事件对河南降水有一定程度的影响；表现为厄尔尼诺年大多对应河南雨涝年，而反厄尔诺年大多对应干旱年；NINO海区SST的冷暖结构和河南降水的旱涝变化之间具有较好的对应关系，而且两者都存在准2年和4－8年的周期变化。     

长江中游降雨径流演变与水旱灾害

为了解长江中游近年来水旱灾害新特征并有针对性地提出建议。基于1960—2020年长江中游降雨径流实测数据,对降雨径流演变趋势进行了分析,探讨了长江中游水旱灾害成因及特征。结果表明：长江中游年降雨量增加,春秋季降雨量年内占比减少,夏冬季降雨量占比增加;长江中游径流深在1988年和2003年发生突变,降雨量变化对径流深改变的贡献占30%左右,人类活动贡献程度约占70%;2003年后长江中游径流深的水文改变度排序为中游出口最大(36%),鄱阳湖出口(33%)和洞庭湖出口(31%)次之,汉江出口最小(21%)。长江中游水旱灾害具体表现为：2000—2020年长江中游异常降雨占据60多年来异常降雨总数的43%,且主要发生在两湖流域,极端降雨造成中游区域型洪水和春季秋季干旱;2003年后,两湖秋季水位持续下降,近10 a来,由于长江上游秋季来水持续减少,洞庭湖南咀站和鄱阳湖都昌站9月份水位分别下降了0.7 m和1.7 m。建议未来研究中注重研发大尺度多时空尺度水文水动力模型,提升极端水文事件成因识别能力及未来变化趋势预测能力。     

长江南京和镇江年最高水位变化规律

利用南京、镇江两站的长江水位和降水量及长江大通站流量资料,分析了近50年来南京和镇江两地长江年最高水位的周期和趋势变化特征,以及两地之间的关系,并研究了出现年最高水位的可能原因。发现年最高水位的出现往往是天文潮位、上游来水和当地降水等其中某个因素起主导作用,或者是几个因素共同作用而引起的,特别是当这3个因素共同作用时会使水位非常高,而往往超过警戒水位。     

鄱阳湖地区生态环境与气象灾害监测系统

鄱阳湖地区是国家十大生态功能保护区之一和国际重要湿地,在粮食安全、调蓄洪水、调节气候、生物多样性保护以及改善长江中下游的生态环境等方面具有重要作用。受全球气候变化影响,鄱阳湖地区暴雨、洪涝、地质灾害、雷电、风雹、高温、冻害、病虫害等各种气象及相关灾害频发,严重威胁着环鄱阳湖地区的生态环境和城市基础设施安全。运用系统工程原理和方法,对鄱阳湖地区气象卫星、天气雷达、高空探测、地面观测、雷电探测、大气成分与生态监测等多种实时监测技术手段进行了集成,建立了天、空、地基三位一体的立体化综合观测系统。该系统可对环境系统中大气、水、土壤、生物等多种要素和变量进行动态观测,获得生态环境和气象灾害等指标的三维立体监测信息,为当地生态环境影响和气象灾害的预报预警提供科学的观测依据。     

陕西关中地区水文气候状况对全球变暖的响应问题探讨

利用1953－1999年陕西关中地区年平均气温、年降永量和同期中国年平均气温距平资料，分析对比关中地区近50年气温变化与周期中国气温变化、气温与降水之间的关系，对关中地区日趋严重的水资源退化问题进行了探讨，揭示了全球变化的背景下关中地区气候变化的区域性特点及其气候干暖化趋势。关中地区未来气候将更趋干暖化，生态环境将更加脆弱。建议在西部大开发当中，把生态环境建设放在首要位置。     

鄱阳湖流域天然径流变化特征与水旱灾害

为探讨鄱阳湖流域河川径流的变化过程和规律,深入了解径流特征及其与鄱阳湖水旱灾害的关系,利用时间序列分析方法,对鄱阳湖流域五河水系干流河段主要控制水文测站的天然径流系列进行了研究。研究显示,鄱阳湖五河径流年内分配集中程度在0.43到0.56之间,集中期为每年的5月底6月初,比鄱阳湖汛期提前1-2个月。径流多年变化变差系数变化在0.28～0.33之间,径流年际变率较大,在年代际变化上20世纪90年代径流增加尤其突出;径流序列呈长期的增加趋势,1998年后增加趋势变缓;鄱阳湖流域五河水系出现特大枯水年和丰水年的概率较大,出现平水年的概率略小。以上结果表明,五河汛期来水是影响鄱阳湖洪水的重要因素,而其形成、发展过程还受到长江中上游洪水的控制;径流的长期变化中,气候因素是引起鄱阳湖流域径流变化主导因素,水土流失和水利工程的建设等人为因素起着一定的辅助作用;径流序列枯、丰循环周期的交替变化过程,与过去几十年间流域内出现的干旱、洪水现象具有较好的一致性。     

哈尔滨等几个城市气候变化的对比分析

应用距平分析和Morlet小波变换方法对哈尔滨、石家庄、武汉、广州等4个城市1951—2004年的年均气温和夏季降水进行了对比分析，结果发现，这4个城市：（1）近50多a来气温基本上都是呈逐渐升温趋势，升温幅度都在1℃以上，其中哈尔滨的气温年变化比其他3个城市剧烈；（2）气温年代际演变特征非常明显，存在10～25a尺度的变化，在20世纪80年代前期发生气候突变；（3）近50多a夏季降水变化趋势不太一致，在空间分布上表现为波列特征；（4）夏季降水年代际变化特征非常明显，都存在10a左右尺度变化；（5）降水变化趋势与气温变化趋势不一致。     

江苏省近47年来的梅雨特征及灾害影响

利用江苏省气象台1954～2000年的梅雨期降水资料，采用趋势分析方法，对江苏省的梅雨变化特征进行了分析研究。结果表明：近47年来江苏省梅雨量年际变化大致可以分为少雨和多雨两个阶段；梅雨的区域分布特征是苏南及沿江地带梅雨量的年波动不及淮北地区；各年份梅雨持续的天数相差极为悬殊，而其降水极值除个别年份外大多低于800mm；梅雨量的丰歉常常决定了江苏省的旱涝总趋势，特别的丰梅年和枯梅年对江苏省农业生产和社会经济发展都带来显著的负面影响。     

Cholera in Sudan: An account of an epidemic in a refugee camp in eastern Sudan, May-June 1985

In 1985 cholera has been a serious problem in the horn of Africa, particularly affecting the many famine victims and refugees in that region. In this paper the history of cholera in Africa is briefly summarized, as is the background to the current refugee situation in eastern Sudan. A cholera epidemic involving 1,175 cases in two adjacent refugee camps in eastern Sudan is described. In this epidemic there were thirteen inpatient deaths and thirty-eight known home deaths from cholera. The management of the epidemic is described in detail. Overall an average of 8 1. of intravenous fluid was used per case, a higher figure than was anticipated, probably because of the unexpected degree of vomiting and the shortage of trained nursing staff.
The relationship between cholera and malnutrition is explored and hypochlorhydria is suggested as the main reason for the increased susceptibility to cholera among malnourished populations. It was observed that severely malnourished adults and children appeared to nave less severe diarrhoea with their cholera, presumably because of reduced mucosal surface area and poor enterocyte function. Finally possible means of aborting cholera epidemics are discussed.     

A retrospective statistical review of deaths owing to migration through the southeasternmost land borders of the European Union,Greece 2000–14

The land borders of Evros, Greece, have been a common entry point for undocumented migrants on their way to Europe through Turkey. Adverse conditions, however, have resulted in many human casualties over the years. On the Greek side, 334 cadavers were retrieved between 2000 and 2014. This study provides a detailed forensic account of the humanitarian disaster in Evros to create an official scientific record of the situation. It showcases the gravity of the global issue of migration relating to health and mortality, and encourages communication and continual improvement of the approach and patterns of practices surrounding the subject. A retrospective statistical research review was conducted of border‐related fatalities between 2000 and 2014, assessing the age and gender of victims, the cause of death, the location of bodies, identification rates, and country of origin. Age ranged generally from 24 to 29 years, but infants and children were among the deceased.     

Complexity,continuity and change: livelihood resilience in the Darfur region of Sudan

Darfur farming and pastoralist livelihoods are both adaptations to the environmental variability that characterises the region. This article describes this adaptation and the longer‐term transformation of these specialised livelihoods from the perspective of local communities. Over several decades farmers and herders have experienced a continuous stream of climate, conflict and other shocks, which, combined with wider processes of change, have transformed livelihoods and undermined livelihood institutions. Their well‐rehearsed specialist strategies are now combined with new strategies to cope. These responses help people get by in the short term but risk antagonising not only their specialist strategies but also those of others. A combination of factors has undermined the former integration between farming and pastoralism and their livelihood institutions. Efforts to build resilience in similar contexts must take a long‐term view of livelihood adaptation as a specialisation, and consider the implications of new strategies for the continuity and integration of livelihood specialisations.     

Reflections on 40 years of Disasters, 1977–2017

This reflection, based on a keynote address to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Disasters on 14 September 2017, begins by considering some of the prevailing assumptions that existed at the time of the journal's creation. Next is a summary of significant milestones during the past 40 years, covering major global trends, changing disaster impacts, and key developments in disaster risk management. Contrasting approaches in the first and fourth decade of the journal's history are then followed by examples of changes in terminology in the disaster field as an indication of shifting values. The paper goes on to explore the context of 2017, with observations of problem areas such as the loss of knowledge, failures to tackle the root causes of disasters, shortfalls in international assistance, and some negative attitudes. It closes by evaluating some current positive occurrences, including a reduction in casualties, sharing of experience, technological advances, and dramatic improvements in disaster warning.     

Fiji, land of tropical cyclones and hurricanes: A case study of agricultural rehabilitation

Tropical cyclones and hurricanes have a severe impact on the social and economic activities of affected communities. For small island nations in the Pacific region, the effects can be devastating because of their smallness. FQi and several other countries in the region are vulnerable to such disasters as they are situated in the zone where cyclones occur frequently.
During the last decade, the frequency of natural disasters and their adverse impact on die economic and social development of small nations like Fiji, has aroused awareness mat relief efforts must go beyond immediate "mopping up" operations to those which contribute to attaining longer term benefits through reconstruction and rehabilitation.
The paper outlines the 1985 agricultural rehabilitation program and discusses related issues and problems.     

Risk communication in emergency response to a simulated extreme flood

Risk communication in flood incident management can be improved through developing hydrometeorological and engineering models used as tools for communicating risk between scientists and emergency management professionals. A range of such models and tools was evaluated by participating flood emergency managers during a 4-day, real-time simulation of an extreme event in the Thamesmead area in the Thames estuary close to London, England. Emergency managers have different communication needs and value new tools differently, but the indications are that a range of new tools could be beneficial in flood incident management. Provided they are communicated large model uncertainties are not necessarily unwelcome among flood emergency managers. Even so they are cautious about sharing the ownership of weather and flood modelling uncertainties.     

Tsunami survivors' perspectives on vulnerability and vulnerability reduction: evidence from Koh Phi Phi Don and Khao Lak, Thailand

This paper presents the results of primary research with 40 survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in two communities: Khao Lak (n=20) and Koh Phi Phi Don (n=20), Thailand. It traces tsunami survivors' perceptions of vulnerability, determines whether residents felt that the tsunami affected different communities differently, identifies the populations and sub-community groups that survivors distinguished as being more vulnerable than others, highlights community-generated ideas about vulnerability reduction, and pinpoints a range of additional vulnerability reduction actions. Tsunami survivors most consistently identified the 'most vulnerable' community sub-populations as women, children, the elderly, foreigners, and the poor. In Khao Lak, however, respondents added 'Burmese migrants' to this list, whereas in Koh Phi Phi Don, they added 'Thai Muslims'. Results suggest that the two case study communities, both small, coastal, tourism-dominated communities no more than 100 kilometres apart, have differing vulnerable sub-groups and environmental vulnerabilities, requiring different post-disaster vulnerability reduction efforts.     

Epidemiology of tornado destruction in rural northern Bangladesh: risk factors for death and injury

The epidemiology of tornado-related disasters in the developing world is poorly understood. An August 2005 post-tornado cohort study in rural Bangladesh identified elevated levels of death and injury among the elderly (≥ 60 years of age) (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 8.9 (95 per cent confidence interval (CI): 3.9-20.2) and AOR = 1.6 (95 per cent CI: 1.4-1.8), respectively), as compared to 15-24 year-olds, and among those outdoors versus indoors during the tornado (AOR = 10.4 (95 per cent CI: 5.5-19.9) and AOR = 6.6 (95 per cent CI: 5.8-7.5), respectively). Females were 1.24 times (95 per cent CI: 1.15-1.33) more likely to be injured than males. Elevated risk of injury was significantly associated with structural damage to the house and tin construction materials. Seeking treatment was protective against death among the injured, odds ratio = 0.08 (95 per cent CI: 0.03-0.21). Further research is needed to develop injury prevention strategies and to address disparities in risk between age groups and between men and women.     

火灾场景中玻璃破裂行为研究综述

建筑物在火场中的结构响应问题中,门窗玻璃在火场中的热响应特性及破裂脱落是影响火灾发展的重要因素之一。通过事故案例分析了火灾场景中玻璃破裂脱落的危害性,指出了研究火灾场景中玻璃受热破裂脱落的意义,并对目前火灾场景中玻璃受热破裂过程和主要形态、玻璃的破裂机理和判据等的研究现状进行了详细的分析,总结了目前实验和计算机模拟的最新研究进展和不足,为今后进一步开展玻璃受热破裂脱落研究提出了若干建议。