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Simulation of Economic Losses from Tropical Cyclones in the Years 2015 and 2050: The Effects of Anthropogenic Climate Change and Growing Wealth [PDF]

This paper simulates the increase in the average annual loss from tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic for the years 2015 and 2050. The simulation is based on assumptions concerning wealth trends in the regions affected by the storms, considered by ...
Claudia Kemfert, Eberhard Faust, Silvio Schmidt   +2 more
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Disaster risk reduction measures n Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2012
Disasters damage the entire economy of the country when they predominantly take place in developing countries. While no country in the world is entirely safe, lack of capacity to limit the impact of hazards has made developing countries being the most ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Biswas, R., Kulatunga, Udayangani, Parvez, A., Wedawatta, Gayan   +4 more
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Multiple Changepoint Detection for Non‐Gaussian Time Series

Journal of Time Series Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article combines methods from existing techniques to identify multiple changepoints in non‐Gaussian autocorrelated time series. A transformation is used to convert a Gaussian series into a non‐Gaussian series, enabling penalized likelihood methods to handle non‐Gaussian scenarios.
Robert Lund, Thomas J. Fisher, Norou Diawara, Michael Wehner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediterranean cyclones are a substantial cause of damaging floods in Corsica

Communications Earth & Environment
Cyclones, whether tropical, extratropical, or of Mediterranean origin, play a crucial role in the Earth’s climate system, affecting environments and populations through strong winds, heavy rainfall, and flooding.
Yihua Zhong, Sébastien Guillet, Christophe Corona, Adrien Favillier, Juan Antonio Ballesteros Cánovas, Frédéric Huneau, Jiazhi Qie, Markus Stoffel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tree planting choices mediate wildfire damage to tropical forest restoration in eastern Madagascar

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Wildfires threaten tropical rainforest conservation and restoration around the world, and they pose a particular risk to the unique species assemblages in eastern Madagascar. Following an intense period of wildfires in 2020–2022 that impacted 33% of 46 tropical forest restoration sites installed by the non‐profit organization Green Again Madagascar ...
J. Leighton Reid, Marcellin Velo, Sebastián Aparicio‐Vera, Quinlan Campbell, Eva Colberg, Jordan T. Coscia, Mariel Fitzgerald, Lee Frelich, Leilani Hyatt, Chris M. Logan, Pika MacDougal, Rebecca A. Montgomery, Gabrielle N. Ripa, Ezra J. Staengl, Phoebe A. Judge, D. Matthew Hill, Catherine S. Hill   +16 more
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Strong enhancement of chlorophyll a concentration by a weak typhoon

, 2010
Recent studies demonstrate that chlorophyll a (chl a) concentrations in the surface ocean can be significantly enhanced due to typhoons. The present study investigated chl a concentrations in the middle of the South China Sea (SCS) from 1997-2007.
Fu, Yun-Fei, Lu, Zhu-min, SUN, Liang, Xian, Tao, Yang, Yuan-Jian   +4 more
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The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather variability and shocks pose significant challenges for tropical developing countries, making it crucial to understand their effects on consumption to address the existing deficiencies among the most vulnerable groups. This study examines the impact of weather variability and shocks on household consumption in Panama, utilizing repeated
Ambar Lineth Chavez Espinosa, Akira Hibiki   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Focusing Events, Agenda Setting, and Narrative Numbing

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing events are important in understanding policy change, as demonstrated in Birkland's work on agenda setting, the multiple streams framework, and the narrative policy framework. These frameworks emphasize the role of focusing events in drawing public attention to broader issues.
Megan K. Warnement Wrobel, Mark K. McBeth   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Life of Events: Exception and Everyday Life in Acapulco, Mexico

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper focuses on the event of ‘Ingrid‐and‐Manuel’—a Hurricane and Tropical Storm that hit Acapulco, Mexico in 2013. It traces what this event was and how it remains for people in and beyond Acapulco. It does so in the context of a place where the lines between events and everyday life are often blurred, and yet the event was still named ...
Hector Becerril, Ben Anderson, Alejandro de Coss Corzo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ComHazAsTC-RRE: Compound Hazard Assessment of Tropical Cyclones within Repeatable, Reproducible, and Expandable Framework

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Compound hazards caused by tropical cyclones involve interactions among multiple hazards, such as wind, rainfall, and storm surge, significantly increasing the uncertainty and destructiveness of disasters.
Ziying Zhou, Saini Yang, Siqin Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, Fuyu Hu, Yaqiao Wu, Yu Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source