Feasibility Study on the Designation of a Special Disaster Area by Considering the Climate Extreme Value

Abstract

Due to natural disasters, the central government generally extends support for the local authorities faced with disaster recovery and the loss of public and private damages. Also, the current methodology for designation of an area as a special disaster zone has limitations in the distinguishing a regions from one another according to disaster intensity factors and physical damages in the zones. This study addresses the damage estimation in a region by using the annual extreme values of daily precipitation while incorporating current techniques for the damage estimation. Consequently, this research indicated that regardless of the extreme value for the precipitation record per hour, some regions were declared as the national disaster zone, but the other areas were not designated. Additionally, it showed that the over 50% of the total zones had significant damage estimation errors when the extreme value analysis methodology is applied. Further study for the reliable damage estimation is also necessary.

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