Book Reviews

Book reviewed:
Annelies Heijmans and Lorna P. Victoria, Citizenry–based and Development–oriented Disaster Response: Experiences and Practices in Disaster Management of the Citizens' Disaster Response Network in the Philippines     

STUDY ON DROUGHT DISASTER & MANAGEMENT MEASURES

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国内外地震滑坡灾害研究综述

对地震灾害较严重的美国、意大利、希腊等国家在地震滑坡灾害方面所做的研究工作进行了总结,并与我国的研究成果进行了对比。给出了国内外对地震滑坡的分类，论述了地震滑坡在面积范围、密度及滑坡体积等方面与地震震级、地震烈度、震中距等参数之间的关系；对地震时易于触发滑坡的地貌坡度及地质构造等因素进行了分析。最后对国外地震滑坡灾害预测研究进行了概述。     

新藏公路(新疆段)沿线道路病害及成因初析

新藏公路新疆段横跨塔里木盆地与昆仑山两大地貌单元，沿线泥石流、滑坡、水毁、崩塌、坍塌、碎落、雪害、涎流冰、翻浆和多年冻土等道路病害类型多样，发生频繁，不时断道阻车，严重影响着新藏公路的通行。该段沿线地质构造错综复杂，新构造运动和地震活动强烈，地形起伏大，地貌类型多样，气候条件多变，冰川作用强烈，以及人为不合理的建设活动和现有道路设计标准低、承灾能力差等，促进了各类道路病害的形成和发展。随着全球气候变暖、太阳活动和地震活动的加强，道路病害将进人新的活跃期，防灾形势十分严峻。     

关中盆地地-气系统灾变的节律性及耦合关系

依据丰富而系统的历史资料，建立了关中盆地历史地震与旱涝灾害两个数据库，分析了近2000a来地-气系统环境灾变的节律性及耦合关系。结果发现：(1)地震活动具有一定的节律性，并先后经历了3个平静期和3个活跃期，平静期与活跃期呈交替出现，具有3～4个世纪的周期；(2)较为严重的干旱、洪涝灾害亦具有一定的周期性，先后经历了2个洪涝期和3个干旱期，其较长尺度的转换周期亦为3～4个世纪；(3)在世纪尺度上，地震活动与旱涝灾害具有某种耦合关系，表现为在地震活动的活跃期，旱涝灾害呈多发性，而在地震活动的平静期，旱涝灾害较为稀少；(4)以较大级别的地震群发为节点，地气系统环境灾变的耦合关系具有先旱→后震→再涝的演替特征。基于上述事实，提出了一个地-气系统环境灾变的概念模型，对地震与旱涝灾害的耦合关系给出了确定性解释。为关中盆地世纪尺度的环境灾变群发性预测提供了新的依据。     

DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISASTERS IN RECENT 10 YEARS IN ANHUI AND THEIR TREND

TheconditionsofdisastersinAnhuiinrecent 1 0 years　Thenaturaldisastersandman madeaccidentsinAnhuiProvincecanbedividedintothefollowingtypes:Meteorologicaldisasters　Inthemovementofatmosphereandsynopticsystemoccurabnormality,whichcausestotheearthandhumansocialandeconomicactivitieseffectsanddamages,thatarecalledmeteo rologicaldisaster.AnhuiProvinceislocatedbetween 2 9°4 1′～ 34° 38′Nand 1 1 4°54′～ 1 1 9°37′E,theretheeastis 1 6 0kmapartfromtheYellowSea,andthenorthisthebroadHuang Huai …     

The Indian Ocean tsunami and private donations to NGOs

Non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) are widely believed to raise their flag in humanitarian hotspots with a strong media presence in order to attract higher private donations. We assess this hypothesis by comparing the changes in donations between US‐based NGOs with and without aid operations in the four countries most affected by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004. Simple before‐after comparisons tend to support the hypothesis that ‘flying the flag’ helps attract higher private donations. However, performing a difference‐in‐difference‐in‐differences (DDD) approach, we find only weak indications that private donors systematically and strongly preferred NGOs with operations in the region. Extended specifications of the baseline regressions reveal that our major findings are robust. NGO heterogeneity matters in some respects, but the DDD results hold when accounting for proxies of the NGOs’ reputation and experience.     

台风对我国农业的影响及防御对策

由于所处的独特和复杂的地理环境,我国是一个自然灾害多发的国家,其中台风灾害是主要的自然灾害之一。从台风对我国农业生产利弊的两方断进行了分析,在弊端方面,分析了从1950年至今台风造成的农作物受灾情况、引发的病虫害和导致的农田耕地污染;在有利方面,分析了台风带来的降水对旱情的缓解作用。最后,针对我国农业生产的特点以及台风自身的规律和特征,提出了“防御先行,防抗结合”的农业防台风策略。     

Climate change and disaster management

Climate change, although a natural phenomenon, is accelerated by human activities. Disaster policy response to climate change is dependent on a number of factors, such as readiness to accept the reality of climate change, institutions and capacity, as well as willingness to embed climate change risk assessment and management in development strategies. These conditions do not yet exist universally. A focus that neglects to enhance capacity-building and resilience as a prerequisite for managing climate change risks will, in all likelihood, do little to reduce vulnerability to those risks. Reducing vulnerability is a key aspect of reducing climate change risk. To do so requires a new approach to climate change risk and a change in institutional structures and relationships. A focus on development that neglects to enhance governance and resilience as a prerequisite for managing climate change risks will, in all likelihood, do little to reduce vulnerability to those risks.     

Disaster risk, climate change and international development: scope for, and challenges to, integration

Reducing losses to weather-related disasters, meeting the Millennium Development Goals and wider human development objectives, and implementing a successful response to climate change are aims that can only be accomplished if they are undertaken in an integrated manner. Currently, policy responses to address each of these independently may be redundant or, at worst, conflicting. We believe that this conflict can be attributed primarily to a lack of interaction and institutional overlap among the three communities of practice. Differences in language, method and political relevance may also contribute to the intellectual divide. Thus, this paper seeks to review the theoretical and policy linkages among disaster risk reduction, climate change and development. It finds that not only does action within one realm affect capacity for action in the others, but also that there is much that can be learnt and shared between realms in order to ensure a move towards a path of integrated and more sustainable development.