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Hazard Footprint-Based Normalization of Economic Losses from Tropical Cyclones in China During 1983-2015

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Loss normalization is the prerequisite for understanding the effects of socioeconomic development,vulnerability,and climate changes on the economic losses from tropical cyclones.In China,limited studies have been done on loss normalization methods of damages caused by tropical cyclones,and most of them have adopted an administrative division-based approach to define the exposure levels.In this study,a hazard footprint-based normalization method was proposed to improve the spatial resolution of affected areas and the associated exposures to influential tropical cyclones in China.The meteorological records of precipitation and near-surface wind speed were used to identify the hazard footprint of each influential tropical cyclone.Provincial-level and national-level (total) economic loss normalization (PLN and TLN) were carried out based on the respective hazard footprints,covering loss records between 1999-2015 and 1983-2015,respectively.Socioeconomic factors—inflation,population,and wealth (GDP per capita)—were used to normalize the losses.A significant increasing trend was found in inflation-adjusted losses during 1983-2015,while no significant trend was found after normalization with the TLN method.The proposed hazard footprint-based method contributes to a more realistic estimation of the population and wealth affected by the influential tropical cyclones for the original year and the present scenario.

ChinaDirect economic lossLoss normalizationTropical cyclonesTyphoon disaster risk

Wenfang Chen、Yi Lu、Shao Sun、Yihong Duan、Gregor C.Leckebusch

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State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, 100081 Beijing, China

Shanghai Typhoon Institute of China Meteorological Administration, 200030 Shanghai, China

National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 100081 Beijing, China

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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National Basic Research Program of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China

2015CB45280641701103

2018

国际灾害风险科学学报(英文版)

国际灾害风险科学学报(英文版)

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年,卷(期):2018.9(2)
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