DOI: 10.1007/s11069-021-04692-y
论文题名: Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory
作者: Sangha K.K. ; Russell-Smith J. ; Edwards A.C. ; Surjan A.
刊名: Natural Hazards
ISSN: 0921030X
出版年: 2021
卷: 108, 期: 1 起始页码: 479
结束页码: 498
语种: 英语
中文关键词: Bushfires
; Cost of natural disasters
; Cyclones
; Floods
; Loss from natural disasters
; Natural hazard-induced disasters
英文摘要: Natural Hazard-induced Disasters (NHD) cause a wide range of losses to built and natural environments, the latter often beyond standard measures. Precise accounting and characterisation of the losses can assist in developing effective management policies that help to build resilient communities. This study applies trans-disciplinary approaches to assess total, monetary and non-monetary, NHD-related losses, estimated at AUD 156 million per year (2010–2019 average), for Australia’s Northern Territory where bushfires, cyclones, storms and floods are destructive and frequent events. Non-monetary losses, often overlooked or omitted, were estimated at AUD103 million per year, accounting for two-thirds of total disaster-related losses. Marketable losses, estimated at AUD 53 million per year, were inferred, using standard and non-standard datasets, from the Australian Government’s Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, insurance costs (Insurance Council of Australia database), and other relevant sources. Non-monetary losses were accounted for by the loss of ecosystem services from natural systems caused by cyclones and bushfires only, applying ecological economics approaches, but without considering long-term losses over the duration of recovery. This study informs disaster management policies to invest in collective emergency and environmental management planning for reducing NHD risk and building resilience of local communities to manage and prepare for rapidly changing climates. Such an accounting approach is essential in contexts where NHDs disproportionately affect the lives and well-being of disadvantaged remote communities. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/169341
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作者单位: Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Bushfires and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Sangha K.K.,Russell-Smith J.,Edwards A.C.,et al. Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory[J]. Natural Hazards,2021-01-01,108(1)