Demographic Impact of Disasters

Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Laurito, Maria M.; Thomas, Duncan

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.31059-5

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“…This could result from a smaller decrease in the propensity to fertility in the years following the disaster in the most affected areas. This evolution could be substantially in line with what has been observed in other cases in which a greater propensity to fertility was recorded immediately after the earthquake [Frankenberg et al, 2014;Finlay, 2009;Nobles et al, 2016].…”

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“…For the 1980 earthquake, the child/women ratio for the classes I=8 and I≥9 display a less steep decrease in 1991 with respect to their general trend. This could result from a smaller reduction in the propensity to fertility following the earthquake in the most affected areas, as observed for other disasters [Frankenberg et al, 2014;Finlay, 2009;Nobles et al, 2016].…”

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Seismic disasters and the demographic perspective: 1968, Belice and 1980, Irpinia-Basilicata (southern Italy) case studies

Lucia

Benassi²,

Meroni³

et al. 2020

Annals of Geophysics

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One of the challenges on disasters' understanding is the assessment of impact from a more global perspective, adding to their scenario of injuries, deaths, homeless and economic losses, those effects that are mostly widespread and could last for a long period of time, driving to a serious disruption of a community or a society. Seismic disasters are not just the results of the energy released by the earthquake or buildings' vulnerability: social, demographic, cultural parameters may instead play a crucial, yet underestimated, role. We carried out a pilot study to investigate the demographic perspective of the impact of 1968 Belice and 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata earthquakes on local communities. The macroseismic MCS intensities were used as a primary parameter upon which the demographic scenario was derived. Population annual growth rates, the ageing index, the childwoman ratio, and the Gini index from the demographic data census of the period 1951-2011 were analyzed to assess population dynamics, age structure evolution and its level of spatial concentration within the disasters' areas. Demographic data were then matched to macroseismic intensities to outline a new, original analysis which describes the impact of the two seismic disasters with a broad multi-parameter perspective. The results highlight also the existence of a general marginality of most affected areas with respect to the processes of population growth, ageing and fertility, as well as for distribution of the regional population, occurring already before the disasters stroke. This marginality might have enhanced the impact of disasters by significantly increasing vulnerability.

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Seismic disasters and the demographic perspective: 1968, Belice and 1980, Irpinia-Basilicata (southern Italy) case studies

Lucia

Benassi²,

Meroni³

et al. 2020

Annals of Geophysics

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“…Economists have tended to examine disasters as one example of a wider class of “shocks” or unexpected events with potential adverse impacts (Frankenberg et al. ). Medical and epidemiological studies have stressed the immediate tolls of disasters on physical and mental health but rarely looked at long‐term effects.…”

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“…Based on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) applications for assistance in 2007, about 1.7 million people were scattered across all 50 states (Graif ). While the death toll for Katrina was low compared to other disasters in American history, it remains the costliest natural disaster the country has experienced with damage estimated at $125 billion (Frankenberg, Lauritor, and Thomas ).…”

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Life after Hurricane Katrina: The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project

Waters

2016

Sociological Forum

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This article presents an overview of the findings to date of the Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project, a longitudinal study of 1,019 young, predominantly female and African American community college students who were surveyed a year before Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and then two to three times afterward. This study combines a multidisciplinary, multimethod approach to understanding the immediate and long-term effects of the Katrina disaster on physical and mental health, economic and social functioning, and neighborhood attainment. I discuss what we can learn from the rare inclusion of predisaster data and our unusual ability to follow participants for years after the disaster. I argue that it is important to follow the recovery of individuals and communities as well as the recovery of the city, as these are often not the same, especially in Katrina where a large proportion of the city never returned.

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“…[5] Natural disasters can impose negative impacts, through various mechanisms, on women's reproductive health and the health status of their family members. [6] Disasters can also lead to short, medium, and long-term health problems. [7]…”

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Evaluation of reproductive health indicators in women affected by East Azarbaijan earthquake on August 2012

Bahmanjanbeh¹,

Kohan²,

Yarmohammadian³

et al. 2016

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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Background:Ignoring reproductive health services during natural disasters leads to some negative consequences such as reduced access to contraceptive methods, sexual disorders, and pregnancy complications. Despite previous researches, there is still more need for research on this area of health. This study attempts to identify the indicators of reproductive health in the women affected by the East Azarbaijan earthquake on August 2012.Materials and Methods:In this descriptive study, reproductive health information pertaining to the years before, during, and after the earthquake were collected and compared in the health centers of the three affected cities including Ahar, Heriss, and Varzaghan as well as the health and forensics centers of the East Azarbaijan province in Iran by census method.Results:Findings indicated a decrease in live birth rate, general marriage fertility rate, stillbirth rate, contraceptive methods coverage, and prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases during and after the earthquake. Moreover, important indicators such as neonatal mortality rate and percentage of infants screened for breast milk, decreased during the disaster year in comparison with the years before and after. Other indicators such as preconception care, pregnancy first visit, rate of caesarian delivery, and under 1-year formula milk-fed infants’ percentages increased during the year of disaster in comparison with the years before and after.Conclusions:During the earthquake, some indicators of reproductive health have been reported to decrease whereas some others have gone through negative changes. Despite the partly favorable status of services, decision-makers and health service providers should pay more attention to the needs of women during disasters.

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Demographic Impact of Disasters

Cited by 19 publications

References 47 publications

Seismic disasters and the demographic perspective: 1968, Belice and 1980, Irpinia-Basilicata (southern Italy) case studies

Seismic disasters and the demographic perspective: 1968, Belice and 1980, Irpinia-Basilicata (southern Italy) case studies

Life after Hurricane Katrina: The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project

Evaluation of reproductive health indicators in women affected by East Azarbaijan earthquake on August 2012

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