Disaster risk assessment of ports based on the perspective of vulnerability

Hsieh, Cheng-Hsien

doi:10.1007/s11069-014-1214-4

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“…A number of studies have indicated that regional flood disasters are caused by the interaction of flood hazards and the vulnerability of flood-hazard-prone areas (Zhang et al, 2010;Hsieh, 2014). It is more difficult to prevent a flood hazard from becoming a flood disaster than to reduce the vulnerability of flood-hazard-prone areas (Liu and Liang, 2014).…”

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Social vulnerability of rural households to flood hazards in western mountainous regions of Henan province, China

Liu

2016

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Evaluating social vulnerability is a crucial issue in risk and disaster management. In this study, a household social vulnerability index (HSVI) to flood hazards was developed and used to assess the social vulnerability of rural households in western mountainous regions of Henan province, China. Eight key indicators were identified using existing literature and discussions with experts from multiple disciplines and local farmers, and their weights were determined using principle component analysis (PCA) and an expert scoring method. The results showed that (1) the ratio of perennial work in other places, hazard-related training and illiteracy ratio (15+) were the most dominant factors of social vulnerability. (2) The numbers of high, moderate and low vulnerability households were 14, 64 and 16, respectively, which accounted for 14.9, 68.1 and 17.0 % of the total interviewed rural households, respectively. (3) The correlation coefficient between household social vulnerability scores and casualties in a storm flood in July 2010 was significant at 0.05 significance level (r = 0.748), which indicated that the selected indicators and their weights were valid. (4) Some mitigation strategies to reduce household social vulnerability to flood hazards were proposed, which included (1) improving the local residents' income and their disaster-related knowledge and evacuation skills, (2) developing emergency plans and carrying out emergency drills and training, (3) enhancing the accuracy of disaster monitoring and warning systems and (4) establishing a specific emergency management department and comprehensive rescue systems. These results can provide useful information for rural households and local governments to prepare, mitigate and respond to flood hazards, and the corresponding strategies can help local households to reduce their social vulnerability and improve their ability to resist flood hazard.

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Social vulnerability of rural households to flood hazards in western mountainous regions of Henan province, China

Liu

2016

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Hsieh (2014) highlighted the importance of ports in today's trade and analysed the risk of port failures with respect to vulnerability. Tatham and Kovacs (2007) introduced the possible application of the military 'seabasing concept' to humanitarian logistics in rapid-onset natural disasters whereby a 'floating warehouse'-a ship stocked with relief items-is established near the risk area.…”

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Intermodal humanitarian logistics model based on maritime transportation in Istanbul

Ozkapici¹,

Ertem

Aygüneş

2016

Nat Hazards

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Istanbul, the economic capital and most populated city of Turkey, is highly prone to earthquakes. When an earthquake occurs, required relief items are expected to be supplied from national and international sources. To alleviate human suffering following an earthquake, in this paper, we propose an intermodal relief item distribution model for Istanbul involving sea and land transportation with identified road vulnerabilities. The proposed mathematical model utilizes the seaports of Istanbul for maritime transportation and allows for the transportation of relief item between Istanbul's European and Anatolian sides. We also use the seabasing concept for providing supplies to demand areas. The use of maritime transportation and seabasing provides flexibility for humanitarian logistical activities and the proposed model provides an effective and reliable disaster relief system for Istanbul as well as other disaster-prone cities with significant maritime transportation components.

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“…Doğal tehlikelerin oluştukları yerde zarar verme potansiyellerine sahip olmalarının yanı sıra uzun dönemli etkileri ile de zarar verme potansiyelleri bulunmaktadır (Alcantara-Ayala, 2002). İster doğal nedenlerle ister insani nedenlerle ortaya çıksın afetler insani kayıpların yanı sıra sağlığı, refahı ve sosyal yaşamı etkiler (Hsieh, 2014). Afet tehlikesi; can kaybı, yaralanmalar, mal varlığı zararları ve hizmet kayıplarına neden olan; sosyal, ekonomik ve çevresel yıkıntılara yol açan tehlikeli olgu veya bir maddedir (The United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction [UNISDR], 2009).…”

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Ağ Anali̇zi̇ Tekni̇kleri̇ni̇ Kullanarak Afetlerle Başaçikabi̇lmede Eri̇şebi̇li̇rli̇k: İstanbul Fati̇h İlçesi̇ Örneği̇

Kesik¹,

Aydınoğlu²,

Taştan³

2016

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Disaster risk assessment of ports based on the perspective of vulnerability

Cited by 31 publications

References 33 publications

Social vulnerability of rural households to flood hazards in western mountainous regions of Henan province, China

Social vulnerability of rural households to flood hazards in western mountainous regions of Henan province, China

Intermodal humanitarian logistics model based on maritime transportation in Istanbul

Ağ Anali̇zi̇ Tekni̇kleri̇ni̇ Kullanarak Afetlerle Başaçikabi̇lmede Eri̇şebi̇li̇rli̇k: İstanbul Fati̇h İlçesi̇ Örneği̇

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