A historical typhoon database for the southern and eastern Chinese coastal regions, 1951 to 2012

Yap, Wenshu; Lee, Yingsin; Gouramanis, Chris; Switzer, Adam D.; Yu, Fang; Lau, A. Y. Annie; Terry, James P.

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.05.024

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“…To compare impacts caused by compound and non-compound events, we employ a typhoon database developed by Yap et al (2015), which includes historical typhoon records from 1951 to 2012, with the main focus on Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the south-eastern Chinese coastal provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan. The database contains information of 853 typhoons in total, with records of direct normalized economic loss (in US$), death toll, and number of people affected.…”

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Compound flood potential from storm surge and heavy precipitation in coastal China

Fang¹,

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Fang³

et al. 2020

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Abstract. The interaction between storm surge and concurrent precipitation can cause greater flooding impacts than either in isolation. This paper investigates the potential compound effects from these two flooding drivers along the coast of China. Statistically significant dependence between them exists at the majority of locations that are analysed, but the strength of the correlation varies spatially and depending on how extreme events are defined. In general, we find higher dependence at the south-eastern tide gauges (TGs) (latitude

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“…We take Hong Kong (TG 7) as an example; it also has the most historical damage data available, from 1962 to 2012. The other ten TGs cannot directly be linked to the damage database, as the typhoon database from Yap et al (2015) only collected damage records at province level.…”

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Compound flood potential from storm surge and heavy precipitation in coastal China

Fang¹,

Wahl²,

Fang³

et al. 2020

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“…Where reported damages were remarkably different from this website, the cyclones were removed from our analysis, such as cyclone Yasi in 2011. Second, tracks of all cyclones hitting Australia and China from 1990–2012 were collected from www.bom.gov.au and relevant literature 35 . Night-time light imageries of Australia and China come from NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Centre.…”

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Spatially-explicit valuation of coastal wetlands for cyclone mitigation in Australia and China

Ouyang

Lee

Connolly

et al. 2018

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Coastal wetlands are increasingly recognised for their pivotal role in mitigating the growing threats from cyclones (including hurricanes) in a changing climate. There is, however, insufficient information about the economic value of coastal wetlands for cyclone mitigation, particularly at regional scales. Analysis of data from 1990–2012 shows that the variation of cyclone frequencies is related to EI Niño strength in the Pacific Ocean adjacent to Australia, but not China. Among the cyclones hitting the two countries, there are significant relationships between the ratio of total economic damage to gross domestic production (TD/GDP) and wetland area within cyclone swaths in Australia, and wetland area plus minimum cyclone pressure despite a weak relationship in China. The TD/GDP ratio is significantly higher in China than in Australia. Despite their extensive and growing occurrence, seawalls in China appear not to play a critical role in cyclone mitigation, and cannot replace coastal wetlands, which provide other efficient ecosystem services. The economic values of coastal wetlands in Australia and China are respectively estimated at US$52.88 billion and 198.67 billion yr−1 for cyclone mitigation, albeit with large within-country geographic variation. This study highlights the urgency to integrate this value into existing valuations of coastal wetlands.

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“…As a reference, we account for the total number of typhoons in the southern and eastern Chinese coastal regions, taken from Yap et al (2015), capturing not only typhoons entering Hong Kong but the entire region. In this case, the number of typhoons hitting Hong Kong, as well as the frequency of T8 or above hoisted, should be roughly proportional to the total number of typhoons in the region.…”

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Warning signal: Political trust, typhoons and the myth of the ‘Li's field’ in Hong Kong

Wong

Kwong

2021

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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This article examines the discourse of 'Li's Field' in Hong Kong, named after tycoon Li Ka-shing and used to satirically denounce the government-business political nexus. The discourse challenges the apparent reluctance of the weather agency to decide that a typhoon is strong enough to warrant a city-wide suspension of business activities, which would obviously be detrimental to capitalist interests. In comparison to the earlier period characterised by political trust, institutional and political factors in recent decades have intensified the impression of government-business collusion and the erosion of political trust. Li's Field is a case illustrating how political distrust can spill over into bureaucracy, challenging the traditions of bureaucratic neutrality and meritocratic and scientific policymaking. This article provides an analysis of the 'field' with primary interview data, media discourse analysis and secondary data. This study contributes by exploring political trust in politicians and bureaucrats, and how the former spills over into the latter.

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A historical typhoon database for the southern and eastern Chinese coastal regions, 1951 to 2012

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Compound flood potential from storm surge and heavy precipitation in coastal China

Compound flood potential from storm surge and heavy precipitation in coastal China

Spatially-explicit valuation of coastal wetlands for cyclone mitigation in Australia and China

Warning signal: Political trust, typhoons and the myth of the ‘Li's field’ in Hong Kong

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